Nearly three dozen higher education organizations, including the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the American Council on Education (ACE), wrote to Senate leaders urging bipartisan support and passage of the Dream Act.
Multiple coalitions urged members of the 115th Congress to pass a bipartisan budget agreement that increases the spending caps for both defense and non-defense discretionary programs.
Letters | Federal Budget | FY18 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
Higher education associations and organizations express serious concern with proposed changes DHS is considering for foreign students and scholars visa renewals.
The Association of American Universities and other associations urged the Senate Finance Committee to include provisions in any upcoming tax reform package that help students save and pay for higher education, and manage their student loan debt.
AAU signed on to the American Council on Education's letter to Representative Lois Frankel in support of the Veterans Education Empowerment Act of 2017
The Coalition to Preserve Employer-Provided Education Assistance, of which AAU is a member, asked the Senate Finance Committee to maintain and strengthen IRC Section 127, employer-provided education assistance, in any upcoming tax reform package.
AAU APLU and COGR Comments on DOE Regulatory Reform for 2017
AAU sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to raise the FY18 defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps.
AAU sent a letter to budget leadership urging them to raise discretionary spending caps in FY18 Budget Resolution.
AAU sent a letter to Thomas Price, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management & Budget, to express concern about funding cuts to NIH.