Letters

Friends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to leadership of the Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations committees urging them to provide at least $900 million in funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for FY25.

AAU, along with 14 other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to the US Department of Education expressing ongoing concerns with the rollout of the new FAFSA application, now with the processing of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) and the timely computation of financial aid packages for students.

The AFRI Coalition, which includes AAU, sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees requesting an appropriation of no less than $500 million for the AFRI program in FY25.

AAU, along with 15 other higher education organizations, joined a comment letter led by ACE to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the proposed rules for the National Resource Centers (NRC) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.015A, and the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.015B.

AAU, along with 4 other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce expressing opposition to H.R. 7683, the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act.

The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member, sent letters to congressional science appropriators requesting at least $11.9 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation in FY25

AAU, along with 21 other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to the Department of Education expressing concerns with the reporting deadline for gainful employment (GE) and financial value transparency (FVT) reports.

AAU, ACE, APLU, COGR, and EDUCAUSE submitted comments to the Department of Defense (DOD) in response to their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program designed to enforce protection of sensitive unclassified information that is shared by the Department with its contractors and subcontractors.

AAU, along with 14 other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to House leadership expressing strong opposition to section 6 of H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act.

AAU submitted a letter to House leadership regarding H.R.. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, expressing a strong opposition to the offset included in the bill that would harm some institutions of higher education.