In the wake of an unprecedented 35-day partial government shutdown, AAU President Mary Sue Coleman wrote to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to pass the unfinished FY19 appropriations bills before the current continuing resolution expires February 15.
In an effort led by the American Council on Education (ACE), more than 60 higher education associations, including AAU, submitted comments in response to the Department of Education's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Title IX.
The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to President Trump and Congressional leaders urging them to end the government shutdown and enact an FY19 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill with at least $8.175 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation.
AAU submitted comments to the Department of Education on their NPRM on Title IX. In the letter, AAU identified key concerns and requested the department be less prescriptive in their regulations.
Higher education associations sent a letter asking the Department of Education to clarify foreign gift reporting requirements.
The comments express the associations’ strong support for the Green Paper’s overarching aims and for many of the Green Paper’s recommendations, several of which reflect a positive response to the associations’ July 2018 comments on NIST’s Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Technology Transfer Authorities and Processes.
Six higher education organizations including the Association of American Universities wrote in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning the “Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File H-1B Petitions on Behalf of Cap-Subject Aliens.”
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) wrote a letter to Congress in support of ethically-conducted research that includes the use of fetal tissue.
Thirty-one higher education associations, including the Association of American Universities, submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding proposed changes to inadmissibility on public charge grounds.
The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), have asked for more time to respond to The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security's proposed changes to "emerging technologies."