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A recent Senate Appropriations Committee hearing demonstrated bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for maintaining robust levels of federal funding for biomedical research and innovation.
The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan proposes many policies that would negatively affect students’ ability to access an affordable college education and that would harm institutions’ ability to enroll low-income students.
As President Trump proposes massive cuts to federal spending on science and research, multiple recent reports and studies show that these cuts would seriously harm the American economy, including at national, state, and local levels.
A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that a college education offers a 12.5% rate of return for the typical graduate.
AAU President Barbara R. Snyder joined more than 400 higher education leaders in opposing the Trump administration's excessive intrusion on college and university campuses.
A series of new proposals and policy changes are creating fresh uncertainty for university researchers who rely on funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to conduct groundbreaking scientific and medical research.
The recent executive orders call for major changes regarding accrediting agencies, university disclosures of foreign funding, and workforce development.
Nearly a third of international recipients of doctoral degrees in science and engineering in the United States remain in the country after graduation.
AAU has issued a correction for an article that was based upon incorrect SEVIS data.
A new report from Science is US highlights the positive economic impact of STEMM careers and the growing need for continued investment in science.