Dear Senator:

I write on behalf of the higher education associations listed below to express our strong support for enacting legislation to maintain the subsidized Stafford student loan interest rate at 3.4 percent. Allowing this rate to double, as it is scheduled to do on July 1st, would impose significant additional costs on more than 7.4 million students and their families.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ann Speicher July 31, 2008 202-408-7500, ann_speicher@aau.edu AAU STATEMENT ON REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT Following is a statement by Robert M. Berdahl, President of the Association of American Universities (AAU), regarding H.R. 4137, reau

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193 Telephone: (202) 939-9355 • Fax: (202) 833-4762 February 7, 2008 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative: I write on behalf of the American Council on Education and the higher education a

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193 Telephone: (202) 939-9355 • Fax: (202) 833-4762 February 7, 2008 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative: I write on behalf of the higher education associations listed below in strong sup

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193 Telephone: (202) 939-9355 • Fax: (202) 833-4762 February 7, 2008 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative: On behalf of the higher education associations listed below, I write to urge you

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193 Telephone: (202) 939-9355 • Fax: (202) 833-4762 February 6, 2008 The Honorable George Miller The Honorable Howard “Buck” McKeon Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Education and Labor Committee on Education and Labor

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American Council on Education Office of the President September 6, 2007 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20210 Re: H.R. 2669, The College Cost Reduction and Access Act Dear Senator Kennedy: I write on behalf of the higher

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Barry Toiv July 11, 2007 202-408-7500, barry_toiv@aau.edu AAU EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR COLLEGE COST REDUCTION ACT Following is a statement by Robert M. Berdahl, President of the Association of American Universities (AAU), in support of H.R. 2669, the Coll

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Barry Toiv May 4, 2007 202-408-7500, barry_toiv@aau.edu LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES COMMIT TO IMPROVED DATA ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION The Association of American Universities (AAU), which comprises 60 leading public and private research universities

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American Council on Education Office of the President September 8, 2006 Gail McLarnon U.S. Department of Education P.O. Box 33185 Washington, D.C. 20033-3185 Re: HERA Interim Final Comments Dear Ms. McLarnon: I write on behalf of the undersigned higher education associations to comment on the interim final regulations

One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193 Telephone: (202) 939-9310 • Fax: (202) 659-2212 Web: http://www.acenet.edu American Council on Education Office of the President April 13, 2007 The Honorable George Miller The Honorable Howard “Buck” McKeon Chairman Ranking Member Education & Labor Committee Education &

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October 4, 2004 Dear Representative: I write on behalf of the higher education associations listed below to support the adoption of H.R. 5186, the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004. This bill would curtail for one year a provision in the Higher Education Act that allows some lenders to earn a guaranteed 9.5 perce

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May 23, 2003 The Honorable Judd Gregg The Honorable Edward Kennedy Chairman Ranking Member Senate Committee on Health, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Education, Labor, and Pensions Washington, DC 20510-6300 Washington, DC 20510-6300 Dear Chairman Gregg and Ranking Member Kennedy: On behalf o

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January 31, 2003 The Honorable John Boehner Chairman Committee on Education and the Workforce U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Boehner: On behalf of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization of 62 leading public and private research universities, I am pleased to res

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