Federal Policy
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April 27, 2012
Joint higher education letter on student loan increase (link)
April 9, 2012
Letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on VA debt offset policy (Link)
March 28, 2012
Secretary Duncan's Testimony on the President's
Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal (Link)
January 27, 2012
President Obama's speech on college affordability at the University of Michigan (Read)
December 15, 2011
Letter of support to
Congressman G.K. Butterfield in support of H.R. 3483 the Veterans Education
Equity Act of 2011 (Read)
December 15, 2011
Op-ed by AASCU member
president Jonathan Gibralter's in Inside Higher Ed (Read)
December 5, 2011
AASCU members meet with President
Obama to discuss college costs and productivity (Read) (Story)
November
18, 2011
Letter to Congressman Denny Rehberg (R-MT) on
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations subcommittee on the Pell Grant program (Read)
November
11, 2011
Letter to Senator Patty Murray Supporting the VOW To
Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Read)
November 10, 2011
AASCU's Bob Moran quoted in Grand
Valley Lanthron (Mich.)on President Obama's student loan plan (Read)
November
2, 2011
Sign the Student Aid Alliance Statement of Support! (Read)
November 2,
2011
AASCU's Bob Moran quoted in article about student loan plan
in the Minnesota Daily (Read)
October 28,
2011
Letter to the Senate Finance Committee on charitable giving
incentives (Read)
October 14, 2011
Letter to Senate from ACE on FY2012
Department of Education Funding Levels (Read)
October 13, 2011
Letter to Rep. Rehberg from AASCU and
APLU on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill (Read)
September 30, 2011
Information Advisory on FY 2012
budget (Read)
September
23, 2011
Information Advisory on FY 2012 budget (Read)
September
22, 2011
AASCU cited in Chronicle of Higher Education blog
posting on efforts related to the Common Core Standards (Read)
September 14, 2011
ACE
puts out summary of "do's" and "don'ts" of political activity on college
campuses (View
PDF)
September 13, 2011
AASCU releases
federal advisory related to President Obama's jobs bill (Read)
September 13, 2011
Text and summary are released on the
President Obama's jobs bill, with the education provisions on page 13-26 of the
bill text (Read the letter
to Congress, bill
text, and sectional
analysis).
September 9, 2011
Washington
update on the American Jobs Act, the Super Committee and FY2012 Appropriations
(Read)
August 16, 2011
AASCU
members Jim Barker of Clemson University and Thomas Mooore of University of
South Carolina-Upstate testify before the U.S. House Education & Workforce
Committee-Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training at a Field
Hearing in Greenville, SC (Barker Testimony) (Moore Testimony)
August 2, 2011
Senate passes debt ceiling compromise, President Obama signs bill
into law. AASCU releases member advisory on how the bill will affect Pell
Grants and student loans (Read)
August 1, 2011
House passes debt ceiling compromise, bill heads to Senate
July 31, 2011
AASCU's Bob Moran quoted in article on the
debt ceiling and the states (Read)
July 27, 2011
AASCU mentioned in Education Week blog post "Higher Education
Groups Oppose Teacher-Training Bill"
July 26, 2011
AASCU provides a summary of the competing
debt-limit plans in the House and Senate with implications for the Pell Grant
program
July 21, 2011
U.S. Department of
Education's releases Powerpoint on Meeting President Obama's 2020 Goal (View PDF).
June 20, 2011
AASCU President Muriel Howard wrote a letter
(PDF) to AASCU members on the latest developments on the Pell Grant program
April 15, 2011
Congress passed and the President signed
into law a long-term CR funding government operations through the end of FY2011
on September 30. The CR maintained the maximum Pell Grant award at $5,550 for
this fiscal year, but ended the year-round Pell Grant program. Please see
AASCU's advisory
for additional information about other higher education programs in the CR.
April 8, 2011
House and Administrations struck a late
breaking budget deal to keep the government running through the end of the
fiscal year. More details about the budget deal are forthcoming.
April 6, 2011
The most recent CR expires this Friday.
If negotiators are unable to reach agreement by Friday, the federal government
will shut down. AASCU shared the following advisory
with members regarding a possible shutdown.
April 5,
2011
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY2012
budget resolution called the "Path to Prosperity." Chairman Ryan's proposed
budget would slash $6 trillion over the next 10 years, restructure entitlement
programs, and the tax code. Additionally, the budget proposes a potentially
devastating cut to the Pell Grant program. More information can be found here.
March 18, 2011
Congress passed the sixth CR in FY2011.
This CR continues federal spending through Friday, April 8 at $6 billion below
FY2010 spending levels. See AASCU's advisory
for additional information.
March 9, 2011
Senate
fails to pass either H.R. 1 (as passed by the House) or Chairman Inouye's
substitute CR to fund government operations from March 18 through the end of
the fiscal year.