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Friends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to leadership of the Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations committees urging them to provide at least $900 million in funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for FY25.
Higher Education Legislation | FY25 | LettersThe 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 | LettersConsequently, AAU is pleased to see the authors of the Spectrum and National Security Act of 2024 (S.4207) have recognized the need to enhance our national innovation capacity by directing some revenues to fund research and infrastructure at NSF and NIST to achieve funding levels previously…
National Institutes of Health | Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Press ReleasesAAU, 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…
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | LettersAAU, APLU, AAMC, and COGR submitted comments in response to a Request for Information from the National Institutes of Health Draft Public Access Policy. The comments highlight the organizations’ support of the goal of “providing public access to scholarly publications resulting from NIH-funded…
National Institutes of Health | Public/Open Access | LettersAAU and twenty-two other higher education associations joined a letter led by ACE to the U.S. Department of Education in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding program integrity and institutional quality.
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | LettersAAU and APLU submitted joint comments regarding the NIH's proposed new policy within the Intramural Research Program (IRP) to promote access to products stemming from taxpayer-funded inventions. AAU shares concerns stating "the precedent the proposed terms will set for external R&D."
Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health | LettersAAU joined ACE and four other higher education associations to send a letter to House leaders in opposition to H.R. 3724, the End Woke Higher Education Act, emphasizing the removal of Title II from the legislation "as it would undermine efforts to protect free speech on campus and provide safe…
Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Free Speech | LettersAAU joined ACE and eleven other higher education associations to send a letter to Senate Majority and Minority Leaders recommending "certain technical adjustments" to the Stop Campus Hazing Act.
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