AAU joined several other higher education associations in a letter to the Committee on Education and the Workforce to express concern with H.R. 4508, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act.
AAU has sent a letter to the House Committee on Ways and Means and to the Senate Committee on Finance expressing concern on the Tax Cuts and Jobs act, H.R. 1.
AAU joins six other associations in letter sent to FCC in support of open and neutral access to the Internet.
AAU joined other education associations in supporting Senator James Lankford's charitable giving amendment (#1593) to H.R. 1, the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
AAU and higher education associations comment on higher education provisions in the Senate version of H.R. 1. the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
AAU joined 45 other higher education associations to express concerns with the Senate version of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
AAU and four other higher education associations wrote to the EPA to ask it reconsider a recent directive barring scientists who receive EPA grants from serving in advisory roles.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent letters to congressional leaders urging them to preserve universities' ability, through their endowments, to serve students and society.
AAU, APLU, and COGR submitted a letter to NIH in response to the agency’s Request for Comments on its Proposal to Update Data Management of Genomic Summary Results Under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy. The joint letter requests NIH clarify that the consent requirements detailed in the notice are limited to prospective collections and agrees that summary genomic data results should be provided through appropriate controlled access.
The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), sent a letter urging Congress to begin negotiations on a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the discretionary budget caps.