Graduate Education

The Student Aid Alliance, which includes AAU, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Education requesting “robust support for federal student aid in the FY 2025 budget proposal.”

AAU joined the Coalition for International Education on a letter to the House Appropriations Committee leaders concerning the Subcommittee’s FY 2024 funding levels for HEA-Title VI and Fulbright-Hays.

AAU joined an ACE letter to the House Committee on Labor-HHS funding for FY24.

AAU submitted a comment letter on Department of Education’s NPRM to make improvements to GE, financial value transparency, financial responsibility, administrative capability, certification procedures, and ability to benefit.

AAU joined ACE in a letter to Department of Education on an NPRM on financial value transparency and gainful employment (GE.)

AAU, ACE, and 20 other higher education associations submit Section 117 final ICR comments. The comment letter outlines the Department's burdensome reporting methods and continued extension of its statutory authority.

AAU joined ACE in a letter to the ED to extend the comment period proposed new gainful employment rules by 30 days

AAU sent a letter urging the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to prioritize investments in higher education, scientific research, and student aid in FY24 302(b) discretionary spending allocations.

AAU signed onto a Student Aid Alliance (SAA) letter, for which AAU is a member of the Steering Committee, along with 34 other members, to urge Congress to support increases in several impactful postsecondary education programs for the FY24 budget such as an increase in the maximum Pell Grant to $13,000 per student.

Nearly 400 members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, including AAU and many AAU member institutions, joined a statement recommending that Congress provide at least $50.924 billion for the National Institutes of Health in FY24.