A coalition of 2,100 groups, including AAU, calls for Congress to replace sequestration with a balanced approach to deficit reduction.
The following comments are in response to Department of Education’s draft ratings framework, entitled “A New System of College Ratings —Invitation to Comment.”
Comments are on NPRM regarding teacher preparation published in the Federal Register on December 3, 2014.
Policies and regulations related to human subjects protection are among the most frequently cited causes of the increased burden and cost associated with research.
Human Subjects Protection | Letters | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Research Administration & Regulation
Higher education associations write to strongly endorse the American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015, which will enhance access to college by making important reforms to the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) and Lifetime Learning Credit.
AAU and COGR comment on the NIST Special Publication 800-171.
Letter to Senators Hatch, Klobuchar, Rubio, Coons, Flake, and Blumenthal, endorsing the Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 (“I-Squared bill”).
A broad coalition, whose members represent the majority of the nation’s patent holders and inventors, strongly oppose legislation that would weaken the overall patent system and thereby diminish innovation and job creation in the United States.
Universities express concern that several proposals intended to target troll-like behavior do not in their current form meet the cost/benefit test of curbing abusive patent litigation practices without diminishing the value of
patents.
Strategic preparations by universities and allied groups during the Senate Judiciary Committee debate on patent troll legislation earlier this year