Last week, AAU joined ACE and 37 other higher education associations on a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee leadership to reply to several questions raised during the committee’s recent hearing, “COVID-19: Going Back to College Safely.”
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is circulating a "dear colleague" letter to urge the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf to rescind the SEVP guidance relating to students that was released on July 6th, 2020
AAU joined ACE and 21 other higher education organization in calling for more guidance for international students and exchange visitors in connection with the reopening of colleges and universities for the upcoming fall 2020 semester.
This memorandum to federal policymakers represents a compilation of responses received from AAU Senior Research Officers concerning the need to extend regulatory flexibilities granted to federal research agencies and to universities by the Office of Management in Budget in response to issues arising for the conduct of research resulting from COVID-19.
AAU joined ACE and 13 other organizations on a letter to the Education Department urging them to delay the implementation of the recently published Title IX rule, “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.”
AAU, ACE, and 8 other higher education associations sent a letter to the seven chairs and ranking member of the House committees in follow up to the letter sent to Secretary DeVos on Section 117.
AAU sent a letter to Senate leaders urging them to quickly confirm Sethuraman Panchanathan as the director of the National Science Foundation
AAU, EDUCASE, and 27 other associations today sent letters to House and Senate leaders urging them to address the needs of college and university students as they work to address issues with student broadband access and improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure.
AAU joined ACE and 42 other higher education organizations on a letter to Senate leaders to urge them to “make public and private nonprofit colleges and universities eligible for the paid sick and family leave refundable tax credit created in the ‘Families First Coronavirus Response Act’ (FFCRA).”
AAU, together with ACE and other higher education organizations, sent a letter to Senate leaders requesting them to address issues related to the Labor Department’s recent guidance on implementing emergency unemployment relief provisions in the CARES Act.