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President Biden’s Build Back Better framework is a good start toward making college more affordable for hardworking American families.
Federal Budget | Affordability and Student Aid | Student Aid | Press ReleasesAAU joined a group of 16 organizations to submit comments to the Department of Homeland Security in response to the department’s final rule, “Modification of Registration Requirements for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions.”
Immigration | LettersThe Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee staff requesting the committee fund federal student aid programs without statutory budget caps.
Student Aid | Higher Education Legislation | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersPresident Snyder issued a statement about the House passing H.R. 6, the “American Dream and Promise Act of 2021."
Immigration | Press ReleasesAAU joined ACE and 39 other higher education organizations on a letter to the State and Homeland Security Departments urging them to take action to allow international students to return to campuses in the United States for the fall semester.
Immigration | LettersAAU letter expressing gratitude for pandemic relief measures to date and outlining steps the federal policymakers should pursue in a bipartisan manner to continue to support our nation's recovery and strengthen our global competitiveness.
COVID-19 | Infrastructure and Innovation | Student Aid | Higher Education Legislation | FY22 | LettersAAU joined 75 other higher education associations in sending a letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to “preserve critical investments in college affordability and college completion in the final Build Back Better package.”
Affordability and Student Aid | FY22 | Student Aid | Federal Budget | LettersAAU, ACE, and 28 other higher education associations sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for flexibility in the F-1 and J-1 visa process for Afghan students and scholars.
Immigration | LettersThe House Rules Committee on November 3 released updated text for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The revised text retains many of the proposed changes contained in the bill text the Rules Committee released on October 28 that mirrored President Biden’s $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill…
Student Aid | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Taxation & Finance | AnalysisAAU joins the higher education community in urging the U.S. government to develop and implement a national strategy to return international student enrollment and exchanges to pre-COVID-19 numbers.
Immigration | Press Releases