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This edition of the Weekly Wrap-up recaps the coalition letter urging increased allocation for the Labor-HHS-Education funding bill, and a new infographic produced by AAU and APLU showing how tech transfer benefits society.
Federal Budget | Technology Transfer | NewslettersIn October 2014, the Association of American Universities (AAU) formed the AAU Technology Transfer Working Group with the task of reaffirming that the primary goal of university technology transfer operations is to advance the public interest.
Technology Transfer | Intellectual Property | RecommendationAppeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Civil No. 14-CV-01611 (O’Grady, J.)
Higher Education Regulation | Legal BriefThe Milken Institute today released a report ranking more than 200 U.S. universities for their ability to turn their research into products and startup companies. Seventeen AAU universities were ranked in the top 20 schools.
Technology Transfer | Intellectual Property | ReportsThis letter is in response to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) January 26, 2016 Request for Information (RFI), asking for comments on regulations that should be modified, expanded, streamlined, or repealed to increase flexibility and reduce burden.
Higher Education Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | LettersThe Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act aims to provide greater transparency to federal grant programs as a means of increasing accountability. The bill requires the creation of new government-wide public website on which information on all federal grants would be posted. Under current…
Research Administration & Regulation | Higher Education Regulation | Fact SheetsThe undersigned scientific and professional societies, higher education associations, universities, and research institutions are writing to express their opposition to a provision in the Commercializing on Small Business Innovation Act of 2016 (HR 4783) which would increase the SBIR set-aside from…
Technology Transfer | Innovation and Competitiveness | National Institutes of Health | LettersThe following letters includes comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding state authorization for institutions of higher education that offer distance education and state authorization for foreign locations of domestic institutions that was published in the Federal Register on…
Higher Education Regulation | Student Aid | LettersThe following letter includes comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding borrower defenses to repayment that was published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2016 (Docket ID ED-2015-OPE-0103). This comment letter addresses recommendations related to the NPRM’s provisions on…
Higher Education Regulation | Student Loans | Student Aid | LettersAAU submitted recommendations on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) to Chair and Ranking Member of House Education and Workforce Committee.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | Student Loans | Accreditation & Accountability | Higher Education Regulation | Letters