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Comments on accreditation which performs a critical role in U.S. higher education.
Accreditation & Accountability | Higher Education Legislation | LettersThe following comments are about the draft January 2015 NACIQI report that makes policy recommendations on accreditation reform in the context of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA).
Accreditation & Accountability | Higher Education Regulation | LettersThe following letter is about the release of more specific information about the Postsecondary Institution Ratings System (PIRS) since President Obama announced the proposal in August 2013.
Accreditation & Accountability | LettersThe following comments are in response to Department of Education’s draft ratings framework, entitled “A New System of College Ratings —Invitation to Comment.”
Accreditation & Accountability | Higher Education Regulation | LettersThe following letter is about the Student Achievement Measure (SAM), a voluntary web-based tool that allows institutions to show the progress and graduation of significantly more students than the federal graduation rate.
Student Aid | Accreditation & Accountability | LettersAAU urges using the FY17/FY18 budget process to revitalize the federal government’s scientific research and higher education investment strategy.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Fiscal Policy | LettersNDD letter urging the replacement of sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | StatementsAAU praised the report issued by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, chaired by Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesMore than 130 university presidents and chancellors sent a letter to the members of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to reach “a big agreement – not incremental steps” while working to close the nation’s budget deficit.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesPresidents and chancellors of 153 leading universities urged President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders to prevent deep across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in January as a result of budget sequestration.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press Releases