AAU submitted a comment letter in response to a proposed Department of Education rule that implements the accountability and transparency provisions Congress enacted in last year’s H.R. 1 reconciliation bill.
AAU joined ACE and 36 other higher education associations in responding to the Department of Education's NPRM, “Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability.”
AAU joined a coalition letter urging the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget to fully apportion and obligate FY25 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) funding before it lapses on September 30, 2026.
The Student Aid Alliance, which includes AAU, wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Education in response to their FY27 budget request to Congress for federal student aid programs, urging them to fully fund the $17 billion Pell Grant shortfall and restore or increase funding for five other federal student aid programs (FWS, FSEOG, TRIO, GEAR UP, and GAANN) that the Department's FY27 budget proposes to severely cut or eliminate.
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.
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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).