Education
Proven, Substantive Education Lobbying
Carmen Group specializes in federal education lobbying to help schools of all levels gain federal support for pursuing nationally significant educational objectives. In more than 25 years of proven lobbying success for our clients, we have created and executed programs including promoting education for non-traditional students, establishing academic linkages with K-12 school systems, serving as a community economic development or education resource, developing vocational education programs and expanding capacity for innovation at educational interests. Carmen Group has been successful in advancing both “bricks and mortar” and programmatic federal funding. Our unique business process has increased our success ratio and sets us apart from other firms in terms of innovation, execution and accountability.
Carmen Group’s success on behalf of our higher education clients is built on our expertise in education policy, as well as our understanding and technical capabilities surrounding the federal authorization and appropriations processes. We have extensive experience working with senior officials with congressional oversight roles, Department of Education officials, congressional leadership, and the White House.
Record of Success
- Accredited Universities
- University Affiliated Hospitals and Hospital Systems
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Medical Schools
- Pharmaceutical Schools
- Community Colleges
- Inner City Schools
- Private High Schools
- Religious Schools
Special Expertise
- Appropriations Bills
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Advisory Commissions/Boards
- Emergency Responsiveness
- Homeland Security and Campus Security
- Graduate Medical Education Reimbursement
- Private-Public Partnerships
- Student Loan Programs
- Research & Development Grants
- Innovative Federal Funding Sources
- University-led Economic Development
- Campus-Based Federal Resource Centers
- Education Budget Priorities
Proven Record of Working Effectively With
- Congress
- White House
- Office of Management and Budget
- Department of Education
- Department of Labor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Treasury
- National Science Foundation
Dillard University
Years of strategic positioning with directed federal spending and grant assistance helps enable Dillard to receive a prestigious NIH grant to establish a Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center.
Dillard University
Dillard stands and rebuilds after Hurricane Katrina with critical support from an innovative low-interest loan from the Department of Education.
Parsons Institute for Information Mapping
A long-term Department of Defense partnership yields development of innovative geo-spatial tools for strategic planning and tactical deployment.
New School University
Demonstrating its commitment to ecological sustainability, New School University provides seed money for an important new capital structure through an innovative public-private partnership. The New School will reduce its environmental footprint and carbon emissions, while expanding the partnership.
