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AAU 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 BriefAAU 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 | LettersAAU joined the American Council on Education and 11 other higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Johnson v. NCAA arguing that “intercollegiate athletics is not a business but rather a mosaic of programs that, at their core, enrich…
Higher Education Regulation | Legal BriefAAU, 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 | LettersAAU joined ACE and 20 higher education associations in a letter to Congress outlining priorities for provisions related to STEM education and scientific research and innovation in the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act…
Innovation and Competitiveness | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Department of Education | Science & Security | Immigration | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | LettersAAU joined ACE and 13 other higher education organizations in sending a letter to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee expressing concerns regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ recent 85-15 policy reset and changes in the requirements for a 35% exemption.
Higher Education Regulation | Accreditation & Accountability | LettersPresident Snyder sent a letter to House and Senate leaders outlining priorities for several key provisions that Congress is discussing as part of the conference process for the Senate-passed USICA and the House-passed America COMPETES Act.
Innovation and Competitiveness | National Science Foundation | Science & Security | Department of Energy | Technology Transfer | Immigration | Higher Education Legislation | LettersAAU and others sent a letter to Jessica Looman, Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, at the Department of Labor, requesting that the Department hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the…
Higher Education Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Letters