Mary Sue's Desk contains blog posts and speeches from former AAU President Mary Sue Coleman on prominent and emerging issues facing research universities and the broader higher education community.
AAU has created a new Advisory Board on Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination to expand the fight against sexual misconduct.

President Mary Sue Coleman writes about how America’s leading research universities are transforming lives through public service and community outreach.

President Mary Sue Coleman writes about how AAU universities are leading the way in providing high quality education at an affordable price to Americans of all backgrounds.

By again turning to our students, we hope to build on the wealth of knowledge gained in the 2015 Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct.

Find out how a curious graduate student’s findings contributed to our fundamental understanding of immunology and led to new discoveries.
For the U.S. to maintain its status as global leader in science and technology, we must continue to welcome international students, scholars, and researchers writes AAU President Coleman in her latest blog post.
AAU President Coleman gave an address at the AAAS Forum on Science &Technology Policy to discuss current threats to the government-university research partnership.

AAU President Coleman writes how our member universities are working to change the culture of Ph.D. education by making diverse Ph.D. career pathways visible, valued, and viable.

"The robust discussions and debates that occur at research universities have been central to the advancement of democracy and the creation of new knowledge," writes AAU President Coleman.

AAU President Coleman writes to ask that lawmakers use HEA reauthorization as an opportunity to expand higher education access and affordability for America’s students in this blog post.