U.S. Senator's Ideal Points for Higher Education: Documenting Partisanship, 1965-2004.

LEGISLATIVE voting; UNITED States. Congress. Senate; BIPARTISANSHIP; VOTING research; EDUCATIONAL law & legislation; GROVE City College; GROVE City College v. Bell (Supreme Court case)

The article analyzes bipartisanship in the U.S. Senate regarding legislative voting behavior on educational laws from 1965-2004. The history of federal education policies in the U.S. is presented, which includes the U.S. Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, the HEA of 1972, and the case involving Grove City College and its refusal to comply with a federal requirement that the college promise that it would not promote any kind of discrimination. The research finds that education is a partisan issue and is at times controversial.