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Robust support for federal student aid is key to strengthening the nation’s skilled workforce, innovative capacity, and economic competitiveness. The federal government has long played a pivotal role in ensuring individuals from all backgrounds are able to pursue their postsecondary education goals…
FY22 | Student Aid | Federal Budget | Issue BriefThe Friends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee leaders requesting at least $700 million for the Institute of Education Sciences in FY22.
Federal Budget | COVID-19 | FY22 | LettersAAU joined over 300 organizations and nearly 900 colleges and universities on a letter urging Members of Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersSens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are circulating a “dear colleague” letter asking senators to join a letter to President Joe Biden requesting he work with Congress on a plan to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersThe student debt crisis is real – but America’s leading research universities are part of the solution
Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Student Loans | Barbara's BlogAAU wrote a letter to Congress urging them to finish FY23 appropriations process this fall.
Federal Budget | Science & Security | Student Aid | Innovation and Competitiveness | Agency Budgets | LettersAAU joined 15 other associations in urging the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in end-of-the year tax legislation.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersColleges and universities across America are coping with the effects of COVID-19 and are taking proactive steps to limit the spread of the virus on their campuses and its effect on their communities
COVID-19 | Mary Sue's DeskAAU wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf encouraging clarification on F-1 status during the COVID-19 outbreak, extensions of immigration status, and Optional Practical Training (OPT) consideration.
Immigration | COVID-19 | LettersAAU, together with the Council of Governmental Relations, the Association of Public Land-grant Universities, and the Association of American Medical Colleges, today sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget to recommend the expansion of M-20-11, a memo issued March 9 to provide…
COVID-19 | Letters