AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriators urging them to adopt the Senate-passed funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for the maximum Pell Grant.
AAU and 19 other associations wrote to the Education Department to comment on the proposed final rule on borrower defenses to repayment. The letter outlines several concerns and says that as drafted, the proposed rule “would make asserting a successful claim functionally impossible.”
The Energy Sciences Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter this week to the Director of OMB and key stakeholders at OSTP and DOE recommending robust funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science in FY2020.
AAU along with 76 organizations Monday sent a letter to Chairman Brady and Ranking Member Neal of House Ways and Means to support the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act (H.R. 795).
AAU signed onto a letter sent by NACUBO to the IRS and Treasury commenting on the IRS guidance on the calculation of net investment income.
AAU joined APLU in a letter asking the White House Office of Management & Budget to prioritize research and higher education funding in the Administration's FY20 budget.
AAU and five other higher education associations wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs to express concerns with the proposed implementation of section 107 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act (P.L. 115-48), also known as the Forever G.I. bill.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriators urging them to adopt the Senate-passed funding levels for the Department of Energy Office of Science and Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
The associations wrote that they support "harmonizing the inter partes review (IPR) claim construction standard with that of the federal courts and the ITC by applying the Phillips standard rather than the 'broadest reasonable interpretation' standard."