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While AAU would have liked to have seen an increase in NIH funding in FY24, we are pleased that Congress will soon be able to avoid a year-long continuing resolution which will ensure that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can continue to fund new promising research projects.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Press ReleasesFriends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to leadership of the Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations committees urging them to provide at least $900 million in funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for FY25.
Higher Education Legislation | FY25 | LettersThe Student Aid Alliance, of which AAU is a member of the Steering Committee, sent a letter to congressional Labor-HHS-Education appropriators urging them to increase funding for student financial aid programs in FY25.
Student Aid | FY25 | Higher Education Legislation | LettersThe Double Pell Alliance, of which AAU is a Steering Committee Member, sent a letter to congressional appropriation leaders urging them to double the maximum Pell Grant Award to $13,000.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersAAU, and four other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce supporting H.R. 8932, the FAFSA Deadline Act. The letter states “This bill would move up the statutory date for the annual release of the Free Application for Federal…
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | LettersAAU and twenty-two other higher education associations joined a letter led by ACE to the U.S. Department of Education in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding program integrity and institutional quality.
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | LettersThe Student Aid Alliance, of which AAU is a member of the Steering Committee, sent a letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education and Director Shalanda Young of the Office of Management and Budget urging them to increase federal student aid for the fiscal year 2026 budget…
Federal Budget | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | LettersThe American Talent Initiative has awarded grants to five AAU institutions to support projects “that break barriers and increase college access and success for lower-income students.”
Affordability and Student Aid | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Indiana University Bloomington | Georgia Institute of Technology | University of California Santa Cruz | Stony Brook University - The State University of New York | Leading Research Universities ReportA new report from the College Board reveals that, despite rising sticker prices (published tuition and fees) for full-time undergraduate students, the net price that students and their families pay after grant aid, even after adjusted for inflation, is lower than it was 10 years ago.
Affordability and Student Aid | Leading Research Universities ReportAAU joined ACE and four other higher education associations to send a letter to House leaders in opposition to H.R. 3724, the End Woke Higher Education Act, emphasizing the removal of Title II from the legislation "as it would undermine efforts to protect free speech on campus and provide safe…
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Free Speech | Letters