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AAU joined 15 other associations in urging the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in end-of-the year tax legislation.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersCollected tax-policy proposals from the higher education community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 | Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | MemoAAU joined NACUBO and six other associations on a letter to the Treasury Department to ensure that emergency grant aid for students included in the CARES Act is not treated as taxable income or traditional educational grant aid.
Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | COVID-19 | LettersAAU joined 17 other higher education organizations on a letter to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee leaders to pass legislation to address issues in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the “kiddie,” parking, and endowment taxes, and to extend the above-the-line deduction for…
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | LettersAAU joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and 18 other higher education organizations in endorsing the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act (H.R. 3000), which “would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of low-income Pell Grant recipients access the American Opportunity…
Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Taxation & Finance | LettersStatement by AAU and APLU praising the Obama administration's final rule amending the “Common Rule,” the set of regulations governing federally funded research using human subjects.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | StatementsUniversity groups’ statement on National Academies report to optimize federal investments in academic research.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | StatementsThe analysis found that over 95% of patients and members of the research community were opposed to one or more of the major proposed changes.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | AnalysisWe concur with OHRP’s conviction in the foundational principles of the Belmont Report, and furthermore emphasize that justice and beneficence merit equal consideration alongside autonomy.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | LettersPolicies and regulations related to human subjects protection are among the most frequently cited causes of the increased burden and cost associated with research.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Letters