AAU and others sent a letter urging Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to “provide as much flexibility and support as possible for Ukrainian students and scholars currently in the U.S., and for students and scholars seeking to leave Ukraine during the current crisis.”
AAU sent a letter encouraging members of the Agriculture Subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to support “increased investments to advance agricultural research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)” in the FY22 agriculture appropriations bill
AAU sent a letter to President Biden requesting that the Department of Education extend FAFSA verification waivers for the 2022-23 award year.
AAU and 63 other higher education associations urged House and Senate leaders to take immediate action to address repeated bomb threats at HBCU campuses and to immediately pass a concurrent resolution condemning the violence and reaffirming support for HBCUs.
AAU has joined in endorsing a letter sent by ACE in responding to a U.S. Department of Justice Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking the clarification and modernization of the implementing regulations for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
AAU joined 12 other higher education associations in submitting comments to the Federal Trade Commission regarding its notice of proposed rulemaking concerning “Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information.”
AAU and others sent a letter to Jessica Looman, Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, at the Department of Labor, requesting that the Department hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
AAU joined 187 organizations in encouraging Congress to invest in America’s students by doubling the maximum Pell Grant award
The Task Force on American Innovation sent a letter asking Congress to complete negotiations on fiscal year 2022 funding bills encouraging bicameral and bipartisan support to fund key investments in scientific and engineering research and development agencies.
AAU joined over 100 organizations sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh requesting that the Department of Labor hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.