AAU joined ACE and 65 other higher education organizations on a letter to congressional leaders to support the changes to the Paycheck Protection and the Main Street Lending Programs that will increase college and university access to the critical relief programs.
AAU joined ACE and 70 other higher education organizations on a letter to House and Senate leaders to outline their priorities for higher education and student aid in the forthcoming pandemic relief measure.
Yesterday, Representative Dan Lipinski (D-IL) led 29 representatives on a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to underscore the importance of supporting students and colleges and universities as they prepare for fall amid the pandemic.
AAU, along with AAMC, APLU, and ACE sent a letter to congressional leadership urging their support for the US research enterprise in COVID-19 relief packages.
AAU sent a letter to House and Senate leaders and administration officials negotiating the next pandemic relief package to underscore the importance of including our recommendations for relief for research universities in the next COVID-19 stimulus measure.
AAU joined ACE and 76 other higher education organizations on a letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to include S. 4317, the “SAFE TO WORK Act,” in the forthcoming pandemic relief measure.
AAU joined ACE and 45 other higher education organizations on a letter to Senate leaders urging them to expand and extend relief for student loan borrowers in the forthcoming COVID-19 relief bill.
The letter urges the board to consider the importance of human fetal tissue research to develop new tests, treatments, and cures to “reduce suffering from human diseases” during their evaluation of the ethics of research proposals using human fetal tissue
On July 27th, John Hill, Assistant Secretary in the Office of Partnership and Engagement at DHS responded to a letter AAU sent on April 20, 2020 requesting additional international student visa guidance from the State Department and DHS.
The Friends of the Institute of Education Sciences, which includes AAU, sent a letter to House and Senate leaders to request they include the $200 million provided for the Institute of Education Sciences in the RISE Act in the forthcoming “phase four” COVID-19 relief measure.