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The 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 | LettersThe following letter is about the comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2015, Docket ID: ED-2015-OPE-0020. Students and taxpayers place a great deal of responsibility in the hands of institutions to administer federal financial aid funds.
Student Aid | 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 | LettersOn behalf of the organizations listed below, we write to express our strong support for the restoration of year-round Pell Grants in the Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
Federal Budget | Department of Education | Agency Budgets | Student Aid | LettersIn response to news from the Department of Education (ED) announcing changes that will result in some students qualifying for more federal Pell Grants, we encourage colleges and universities to provide flexibility to students and families as they consider their offers of admission and financial aid.
Student Aid | StatementsAAU and other organizations that advocate for protecting and expanding the Pell Grant supporters program joined a recent letter thanking both Senate and House Appropriations Committee members for their bipartisan support of increased Pell increased Pell Grant funding. However, with the Fiscal…
Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersNDD letter urging the replacement of sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | StatementsAAU, along with other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | LettersStudent Aid Alliance letter opposes House budget resolution.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Department of Education | Student Aid | FY16 | LettersAAU praised the report issued by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, chaired by Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson.
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