The Energy Sciences Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee leaders to request that they provide at least $7.7 billion for the Energy Department’s Office of Science in FY22.
Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are circulating a “dear colleague” letter asking senators to join a letter to President Joe Biden requesting he work with Congress on a plan to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
AAU joined over 300 organizations and nearly 900 colleges and universities on a letter urging Members of Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
AAU joined more than 200 science organizations, higher education associations, and colleges and universities on a letter to President Joe Biden requesting the White House support the “Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act.”
The Friends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee leaders requesting at least $700 million for the Institute of Education Sciences in FY22.
Letters | COVID-19 | Federal Budget | FY22
AAU letter expressing gratitude for pandemic relief measures to date and outlining steps the federal policymakers should pursue in a bipartisan manner to continue to support our nation's recovery and strengthen our global competitiveness.
Infrastructure and Innovation | Letters | Student Aid | COVID-19 | FY22 | Higher Education Legislation
AAU joined ACE and 39 other higher education organizations on a letter to the State and Homeland Security Departments urging them to take action to allow international students to return to campuses in the United States for the fall semester.
The Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee staff requesting the committee fund federal student aid programs without statutory budget caps.
AAU joined a group of 16 organizations to submit comments to the Department of Homeland Security in response to the department’s final rule, “Modification of Registration Requirements for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions.”
AAU joined ACE and 51 other organizations on a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders urging them quickly to advance H.R. 708/S. 168, the ‘‘Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act,” or TREAT Act.