This letter is in response to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) January 26, 2016 Request for Information (RFI), asking for comments on regulations that should be modified, expanded, streamlined, or repealed to increase flexibility and reduce burden.

Higher Education Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Letters

March 18, 2016

AAU Position Statement Grant Act, HR 3433

The Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act aims to provide greater transparency to federal grant programs as a means of increasing accountability. The bill requires the creation of new government-wide public website on which information on all federal grants would be posted. Under current…

Research Administration & Regulation | Higher Education Regulation | Fact Sheets

March 1, 2012

Higher Education Community Comments on State Authorization NPRM

The following letters includes comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding state authorization for institutions of higher education that offer distance education and state authorization for foreign locations of domestic institutions that was published in the Federal Register on…

Higher Education Regulation | Student Aid | Letters

August 24, 2016

Higher Education Associations Comment on Borrower Defense Repayment NPRM

The following letter includes comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding borrower defenses to repayment that was published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2016 (Docket ID ED-2015-OPE-0103). This comment letter addresses recommendations related to the NPRM’s provisions on…

Higher Education Regulation | Student Loans | Student Aid | Letters

August 1, 2016