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 FY19 budget.
AAU joined 19 other organizations in a letter sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi condemning H. Con. Res. 71, the budget resolution under consideration by the House of Representatives.
AAU joined a coalition of 21 higher education associations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders, urging them to vote on extending the Federal Perkins Loan Program
Eighteen associations signed on to the following community letter in response to the June 22, 2017 Federal Register notice for input on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification corresponding with Executive Order 13777 "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agend
The Association of American Universities (AAU), American Council on Education (ACE), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) submitted a joint letter to NIH regarding their shared concerns with the January 18, 2018 implementation of NIH's definition of clinical trials.
More than seventy-five higher education organizations, including the Council on American Education (ACE) and the Association of American Universities (AAU), urged congressional leaders to pass legislation as soon as possible to permanently protect Dreamers.
AAU wrote to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), urging them to include H.R. 795, the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, in any upcoming tax package.
57 AAU Presidents and Chancellors sent a letter to Congress requesting immediate Congressional action to establish a permanent legislative solution for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR) wrote to the Senate Committee on Armed Services in support of the committee's focus on basic research in S.1519, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY18.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the passage this fall of a bipartisan budget agreement that would raise FY18 defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps.