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AAU joined ACE in submitting comments in response to the Department of Education’s proposed changes to the major student loan relief programs authorized by the Higher Education Act.
Department of Education | Higher Education Legislation | Affordability and Student Aid | Student Loans | LettersAAU, ACE, and other higher education organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate education committees endorsing the College Transparency Act (S. 839/H.R. 2030) and urging the inclusion of CTA language currently in the America COMPETES Act in the final and reconciled…
Higher Education Legislation | Higher Education Regulation | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Education | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersRepresentative Cicilline (D-OR) is leading a letter requesting that the House Appropriations Committee provide a robust funding for the Federal Pell Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2023 so that the maximum individual award can be increased to $12,990, which is nearly double the current maximum award.…
Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Department of Education | Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | FY23 | LettersThe Student Aid Alliance, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies seeking increased funding for federal student aid programs in FY23.
FY23 | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | The Cost of College | LettersThe Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Coalition, which includes AAU, sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees requesting the full authorization amount of $700 million for AFRI in FY23; Congress provided $445 million for AFRI in…
FY23 | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Federal Budget | LettersAAU sent a letter encouraging members of the Agriculture Subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to support “increased investments to advance agricultural research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)” in the FY22 agriculture appropriations bill
FY22 | Agency Budgets | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | LettersAAU joined 187 organizations in encouraging Congress to invest in America’s students by doubling the maximum Pell Grant award
The Cost of College | Affordability and Student Aid | Student Aid | FY22 | LettersAAU sent a letter to Congress urging passage of final FY22 appropriations and Build Back Better Act provisions important to our nation’s health, economic competitiveness, security, and crucial government-university research partnership.
Federal Budget | FY22 | Innovation and Competitiveness | Affordability and Student Aid | Agency Budgets | LettersAAU joined letters led by ACE to thank the House for introducing two VA technical corrections bills. One letter is to Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) and another letter is to Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA), Rep. David Trone (D-MD), Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA).
Affordability and Student Aid | LettersAAU joined ACE and 16 other higher education associations in urging congressional leaders to pass legislation to extend COVID-related flexibilities granted to the Department of Veterans Affairs
COVID-19 | Higher Education Legislation | Affordability and Student Aid | Letters