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More than 130 university presidents and chancellors sent a letter to the members of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to reach “a big agreement – not incremental steps” while working to close the nation’s budget deficit.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesPresidents and chancellors of 153 leading universities urged President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders to prevent deep across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in January as a result of budget sequestration.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesSAA letter to Congress on FY24 education cuts.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Department of Education | LettersHigher Education associations express concerns about Senate FY16 LHHS funding bill.
Federal Budget | Student Aid | FY16 | National Institutes of Health | Department of Education | LettersAAU submitted a letter to House leadership regarding H.R.. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, expressing a strong opposition to the offset included in the bill that would harm some institutions of higher education.
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersAn overview of the President's full proposed budget for FY25, including summaries and analyses for individual agencies.
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FY25 | Federal Budget | National Endowment for the Humanities | NASA | National Institutes of Health | Student Aid | Department of Energy | Department of Defense | AnalysisWhile 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 ReleasesThe 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…
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