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Higher Education Regulation

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While some higher education regulations are well intentioned and implemented for valid accountability purposes, many of these higher education regulations are not consistent across federal agencies, and/or are inappropriately applied to universities or are out of proportion to the true risks associated with the regulated activity. AAU supports the report issued by the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education, led by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nick Zeppos and then-Chancellor Brit Kirwan of the University of Maryland System, and is working with policymakers to implement the report recommendations.

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Letters

AAU, Associations Seek HEERF Disbursement Guidance from Education Department

AAU joined ACE and 33 other higher education organizations on a letter to Education Secretary-designate Miguel Cardona to request the department provide critical guidance about emergency COVID-19 relief funding provided in the first and second Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
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AAU, Organizations Urge Education Department to Delay Title IX, HEA Section 117 Action

AAU, ACE, and 31 other education organizations sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urging the department to wait until campuses have resumed normal operations to pursue further action on its proposed rulemaking on Title IX and its HEA Section 117 foreign gifts and contracts information collection request.
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COVID-19 Priorities for the 117th Congress

AAU urges Congress and the administration to implement the recommendations in the following document to provide relief and stimulate economic recovery.

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AAU, Associations File Amicus Brief in Support of Harvard, UNC

AAU joined the American Council on Education and 38 other higher education associations in filing an amicus brief in support of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the pending Supreme Court cases involving the use of race-conscious admissions.

Legal Brief | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation

AAU, Associations Send Letter Supporting the Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022

AAU joined ACE and 13 other higher education organizations in sending a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs supporting the Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022.
Letters | Higher Education Regulation | Accreditation & Accountability

AAU, Associations File Amicus Brief Arguing Student-Athletes Are Students, Not Employees

AAU joined the American Council on Education and 11 other higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Johnson v. NCAA arguing that “intercollegiate athletics is not a business but rather a mosaic of programs that, at their core, enrich students’ educational experiences.” The brief urges the court to find that student-athletes in colleges are not employees, but students who receive a range of educational benefits from intercollegiate sport.
Legal Brief | Higher Education Regulation

AAU, Associations Urge Congress to Include College Transparency Act in Pending Competitiveness Legislation

AAU, ACE, and other higher education organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate education committees endorsing the College Transparency Act (S. 839/H.R. 2030) and urging the inclusion of CTA language currently in the America COMPETES Act in the final and reconciled version of the United States Innovation and Competition Act and the America COMPETES Act.
Letters | Student Aid | Department of Education | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Innovation and Competitiveness

AAU, Associations Send Letter to Congress Outlining Priorities for USICA and America COMPETES Act

AAU joined ACE and 20 higher education associations in a letter to Congress outlining priorities for provisions related to STEM education and scientific research and innovation in the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521) and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260)
Letters | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | Department of Education | Science & Security | Immigration | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Innovation and Competitiveness

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