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AAU, along with several other higher education associations, wrote to the Education Department to express concerns with the department’s proposal to rescind existing gainful employment regulations and make changes to the College Scorecard.
Higher Education Regulation | LettersPresident Mary Sue Coleman wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to express AAU's deep concerns with a proposal reportedly under consideration to limit the definition of an individual’s sex to either female or male as determined by a person’s genitals at birth.
Higher Education Regulation | LettersPresident Mary Sue Coleman wrote to Education Secretary DeVos to ask she consider inviting the following individuals to serve on the department’s Accreditation and Innovation negotiated rulemaking committee: Dr. Wayne Jacobson of the University of Iowa, Dr. Janet Schreck and Dr. Stephen Gange of…
Higher Education Regulation | Department of Education | Accreditation & Accountability | LettersAAU and 19 other associations wrote to the Education Department to comment on the proposed final rule on borrower defenses to repayment. The letter outlines several concerns and says that as drafted, the proposed rule “would make asserting a successful claim functionally impossible.”
Higher Education Regulation | Student Loans | LettersAAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriators urging them to adopt the Senate-passed funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for the maximum Pell Grant.
Agency Budgets | FY19 | Federal Budget | National Institutes of Health | Student Aid | LettersAAU and several other associations wrote to House leadership to urge passage of the FY19 Labor-HHS-Education and Defense spending bill. The letter says the associations are grateful for the “meaningful increases for the programs that make college accessible and promote medical research.”
Student Aid | Department of Defense | National Institutes of Health | FY19 | Federal Budget | LettersAAU President Mary Sue Coleman today wrote to House and Senate Appropriations leaders to applaud their efforts in securing increased higher education and research investments in FY19 and urge completion of the remaining FY19 appropriations bills after the midterm elections.
FY19 | Agency Budgets | Department of Defense | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | NASA | Student Aid | LettersAAU submitted comments to the Department of Education on their NPRM on Title IX. In the letter, AAU identified key concerns and requested the department be less prescriptive in their regulations.
Department of Education | Higher Education Regulation | Campus Climate and Safety | LettersIn an effort led by the American Council on Education (ACE), more than 60 higher education associations, including AAU, submitted comments in response to the Department of Education's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Title IX.
Department of Education | Higher Education Regulation | Campus Climate and Safety | LettersOp-Ed by AAU President Mary Sue Coleman, adapted from a Sept. 27, 2016 speech at the World Academic Summit.
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