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Grants, Honors, Programs and People.
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Public Purpose: the Magazine of AASCU
New articles from the April/May Issue.
2008 Annual Meeting
AASCU Board Chair’s Invitation to 2008 Annual Meeting. Read more
Handling a Terrorist Hoax
University of Central Oklahoma defuses a bomb threat. Read more
Window of Opportunity: Targeting Federal Grant Aid to Students with the Lowest Incomes
A major report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy, commissioned by AASCU, offers new solutions to strengthen the Pell grant program.
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June 12 – 14
American Democracy Project National Meeting
Snowbird Resort, Snowbird, Utah
June 14 – 17
Millennium Leadership Institute
The Palomar, Washington, D.C.
New! AASCU Legislative Action and Policy Center
Your source for federal legislation affecting higher education, advocacy efforts, state policy resources, and Congressional directory information. Read more
Policy Matters: The Public Realities of Private Student Loans
Officials at the federal, state and institutional levels must work collectively to provide greater transparency and consumer protection in the private student lending industry so that students have access to clear, impartial information on financing post secondary education.
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We are Public
AASCU’s 430 public college and university members are found throughout the United States, and in Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We range in size from 1,000 students to 44,000. We are found in the inner city, in suburbs, towns and cities, and in remote rural America.
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We Deliver
We include campuses with extensive offerings in law, medicine and doctoral education—as well as campuses offering associate degrees to complement baccalaureate studies. We are both residential and commuter, and with on-line degrees as well.
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We Support
Common to virtually every member institution are three qualities that define its work and characterize our common commitments: We are institutions of access and opportunity. We are student-centered institutions. We are “stewards of place.” Read more
