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As Congress continues to work on economic stimulus legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, AAU asks that challenges faced by the U.S. scientific research workforce during this crisis are addressed.
COVID-19 | LettersAAU sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, and Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia regarding White House executive order about immigration and share immigration and visa issues colleges and universities are concerned about for the upcoming…
Immigration | COVID-19 | LettersThis document, written by AAU Senior Fellows, Peter Schiffer and Jay Walsh, outlines considerations for restoring university research operations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 | Research Administration & Regulation | BackgrounderThe Task Force on American Innovation, which includes AAU, sent a letter to congressional leaders asking them to take “decisive actions to address the short- and long-term impacts of [the] nationwide ramp-down and shuttering of labs” caused by the dramatic reduction of non-COVID-19-related research…
Innovation and Competitiveness | Federal Budget | COVID-19 | LettersAAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to the members of the 116th Congress to highlight the vital efforts of America’s leading research universities to lead the fight against COVID-19 and to underscore the importance of federal support for our research universities and students.
COVID-19 | LettersPresident Mary Sue Coleman issued a statement about the Education Department’s misguided decision to roll out new Title IX regulations during a global pandemic.
COVID-19 | Higher Education Regulation | Press ReleasesSen. Ed Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Senate leaders asking them to “address the challenges faced by the U.S. scientific research workforce during” the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersReps. Lipinski (D-IL) and Brooks (R-IN) circulated a Dear Colleague letter asking House members to sign a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy requesting $47 billion in supplemental funding to stabilize universities and colleges and support students pursuing higher education.
COVID-19 | LettersAAU joined ACE and 14 other higher education organizations on a letter to Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to endorse the “American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act,” bipartisan legislation recently introduced by Reps. Doggett and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
Taxation & Finance | COVID-19 | LettersAAU today joined ACE and 30 other higher education organizations on a letter to the House Education and Labor Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee requesting technical changes to certain provisions in the CARES Act and other statues to “better align existing…
COVID-19 | Letters