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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 joined the American Council on Education and 38 other higher education associations in filing an amicus brief in support of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the pending Supreme Court cases involving the use of race-conscious admissions.
Higher Education Legislation | Higher Education Regulation | Legal BriefIn an effort to align academic and society-level discussions on public access to research data, AAU and APLU cohosted a workshop with American Geophysical Union (AGU) -- Public Access to Research Data: The Role of Universities and Disciplinary Societies.
Public/Open Access | ReportsAAU joined ACE and 13 other higher education organizations in sending a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs supporting the Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022.
Higher Education Regulation | Accreditation & Accountability | LettersAs lawmakers consider measures related to securing federally funded research data and intellectual property, it is important to understand the current state of play for research security in the country to avoid new requirements that are duplicative, unnecessary, or counterproductive
Science & Security | Department of Defense | National Institutes of Health | Department of Energy | National Science Foundation | BackgrounderAAU President Barbara R. Snyder sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Education and Labor Committees expressing concern “with the potential adverse consequences of the new Higher Education Act (HEA) Section 124 reporting requirement created by Section 6124(b) of S. 1260, the U.S.…
Science & Security | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersAAU joined 79 other organizations in resending a letter to House and Senate leaders of the appropriations subcommittees on energy and water to request a one-time appropriation of $31.5 million to establish the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation at the Department of Energy.
FY23 | Department of Energy | Innovation and Competitiveness | Federal Budget | Science & Security | LettersAAU has joined the League of European Research Universities, the Canadian U15, the United Kingdom’s Russell Group, the Japanese Research University 11, the German U15, and the Australian Group of Eight in signing on to the Leiden Principles on the role of research-intensive universities as the…
Innovation and Competitiveness | Public/Open Access | RecommendationAAU, 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 | LettersAAU joined 89 other associations and organizations in urging Congress “to support and prioritize the mental and behavioral health needs” of students in higher education. The associations’ letter notes that the mental health crisis among college students has long been under addressed and has…
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