New U.S. Department of Education (ED) rules implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will eliminate the Grad PLUS loan program as a source of financial aid and impose a new tiered system of annual and lifetime loan caps for graduate and professional degrees.
AAU joined ACE and 37 other higher education associations in submitting a comment letter to the Department of Education, raising concerns about a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish a new Workforce Pell program and revise Pell Grant aid calculations.
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Despite the agency’s efforts to make the data more accessible and transparent, flaws in how the dashboard is set up risks misleading the public as well as lawmakers about the true nature and extent of university foreign funding.
AAU joined an amicus brief filed by ACE and nine other higher education associations supporting a pause of the Department of Education’s new IPEDS Admissions Component (ACTS) as a federal court considers a legal challenge.
AAU signed on to an ACE led community letter in response to the U.S. Department of Education's Notice for Public Rulemaking (NPRM) that resulted from the consensus language from the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) committee regarding the implementation of the H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB).
AAU commented in response to the U.S. Department of Education's Notice for Public Rulemaking (NPRM) that includes the consensus language from the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) committee regarding the implementation of the H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB).
On October 31, the Department of Education released a final rule making changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which could arbitrarily deny loan forgiveness to some people working for organizations that administration officials disfavor.
AAU joined ACE and 36 other higher education organizations in sending a letter to the Department of Education expressing their strong opposition to the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey component.
AAU joined ACE and 19 other higher education associations in sending a letter to congressional leaders, urging them to increase funding for Minority-Serving Institutions in FY 2026 and to reinstate funding that was cut during FY 2025.
AAU submitted a comment memo to the Department of Education in response to their request for comments on the implementation of H.R.1. AAU expressed concerns regarding clear definitions on graduate and professional degree programs, clearly communicating changes about available federal funds to all audiences, and including an additional constituency group to the negotiated rulemaking committee. Negotiated rulemaking for H.R.1 Implementation will run from the end of September to early January.