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AAU, Associations Urge Swift Confirmation of Lisa Brown as Department of Education’s General Counsel

AAU joined ACE and six other higher education associations in sending a letter to Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) expressing enthusiastic support for Lisa Brown’s nomination for the role of general counsel in the Department of Education.
Letters | Department of Education

AAU, APLU, and COGR Raise Concerns About the Implementation of DOE Order 142.3B

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder joined the leaders of APLU and COGR in sending a letter to Kathleen Hogan, acting under secretary for science and energy, raising concerns about the implementation of DOE Order 142.3B and requesting a meeting to further discuss the deleterious consequences of the policy.
Letters | Science & Security | Department of Energy

AAU, Associations Urge Congressional Leaders to Include Investments in Broadband for Postsecondary Students and Institutions in Infrastructure Package

AAU joined ACE and 20 higher education associations and organizations in sending a letter to the leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to “include dedicated investments in broadband infrastructure for postsecondary students and institutions in any infrastructure package under consideration.”
Infrastructure and Innovation | Letters | Innovation and Competitiveness

CNSR Sends Letter Outlining Recommendations for Defense S&T Programs

The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees outlining recommendations for the Defense Science & Technology programs as they begin to craft the FY22 NDAA.
Letters | Department of Defense

AAU, Associations Urge LHHS Subcommittee Leaders to Invest in Educator Preparation Programs

AAU joined ACE and 35 other organizations in urging the House and Senate leaders of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Subcommittee to make investments in federal government programs intended to address shortages in the educator pipeline and the lack of diversity among

Letters | Federal Budget | FY22

AAU, Associations Urge ED Secretary Cardona to Expand Eligibility for Federal TRIO Programs to Dreamers

AAU joined 86 associations and organizations in urging ED Secretary Miguel Cardona to remove the requirement that participants in TRIO programs be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Letters | Higher Education Regulation

AAU, Higher Education Community Send Letter to ED on Topics for Negotiated Rulemaking

AAU, ACE, and 35 other organizations in the higher education community sent a letter to the Department of Education on topics that the department should consider as part of its stated intention to pursue negotiated rulemaking on programs under the Higher Education Act.

Letters | Higher Education Regulation

Senate “Dear Colleague” Letter Requests Robust Funding for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays

Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have circulated a “Dear Colleague” letter addressed to the leaders of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee requesting that they include “robust funding for the Title VI/Fulbright-Hays International Ed

Letters | Federal Budget | Higher Education Legislation

CNSR Sends Letter Highlighting FY22 Defense S&T Priorities

The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense highlighting the coalition’s funding priorities for the FY22 budget.
Letters | Federal Budget | FY22 | Department of Defense

Members of Congress Call for Information in RFI on ARPA-H

Reps. DeGette and Upton released an RFI for Advanced Research Projects Agency - Health (ARPA-H) language calling on members of the public to provide input on issues and questions related to the possible creation of ARPA-H.
Letters | Federal Budget | FY22 | National Institutes of Health