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Robust support for federal student aid is key to strengthening the nation’s skilled workforce, innovative capacity, and economic competitiveness. The federal government has long played a pivotal role in ensuring individuals from all backgrounds are able to pursue their postsecondary education goals…
FY22 | Student Aid | Federal Budget | Issue BriefAAU joined over 300 organizations and nearly 900 colleges and universities on a letter urging Members of Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersSens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are circulating a “dear colleague” letter asking senators to join a letter to President Joe Biden requesting he work with Congress on a plan to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersThe student debt crisis is real – but America’s leading research universities are part of the solution
Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Student Loans | Barbara's BlogAAU wrote a letter to Congress urging them to finish FY23 appropriations process this fall.
Federal Budget | Science & Security | Student Aid | Innovation and Competitiveness | Agency Budgets | LettersAAU 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 | LettersAAU joined ACE and 7 other associations in submitting comments to the Internal Revenue Service on a possible error in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that could prevent some public universities from benefiting from green energy tax credits included in the law.
Taxation & Finance | Higher Education Legislation | LettersAAU joined ACE and other higher education organizations on a letter urging Congress to address the expiration of federal subsidy payments for BABs due to sequestration.
Taxation & Finance | Infrastructure and Innovation | LettersThe R&D tax credit encourages companies to make new discoveries and advancements and to partner with entities, such as universities, to conduct research and development activities. The credit allows certain research expenses to be deducted from overall corporate income taxes.
Taxation & FinanceCollected tax-policy proposals from the higher education community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 | Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | Memo