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Guidance to Submitting Comments on the Proposed Duration of Status Rule
| 9/18/2025 | Use this guidance to help draft comments on the Department of Homeland Security's proposed duration of status rule, which would place significant new limits on international students and scholars. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas; Optional and Practical Training; Regulation
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Type: Memo
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Comments on Proposed Changes to the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
| 9/17/2025 | Comments from ACE and other higher education associations to the Department of Education strongly opposing the proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program published in the Aug. 18, 2025, Federal Register. |
Topic(s): Student Loans; Regulation; Financial Aid; Higher Education Act
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to House on SBIR and SBTT Reauthorization
| 9/15/2025 | Letter from higher education groups to the House Committee on Small Business supporting the introduction of a bill to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
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Topic(s): Workforce Development; Economic Competitiveness
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Amicus Brief: Commonwealth of Virginia v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
| 9/12/2025 | ACE and other higher education associations filed this brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit supporting a request to stay a new VA policy that limits GI Bill benefits. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Veterans Education; Veterans
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Letter to Secretary Rubio Urging Exemption of F/J/M Visas from Travel Ban
| 9/8/2025 | ACE and other higher ed associations urge the State Department to exempt F, J, and M student visas from the June 2025 travel ban, citing rigorous vetting and students’ academic and economic contributions. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Education Department’s Proposal to Implement the One Big Beautiful Bill
| 8/29/2025 | Comments from ACE and other associations in response to the Department of Education’s proposal to implement the One Big Beautiful Bill, urging a delay until 2027 and recommending steps to avoid disruptions to student aid and loan systems. |
Topic(s): Higher Education Act; Financial Aid
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Overview of Optional Practical Training and Current Policy Threats
| 8/25/2025 | Optional Practical Training has long been a cornerstone for international students to gain U.S. work experience, but mounting political threats could reshape its future.
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Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Optional and Practical Training; Student Visas
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Type: Issue Brief
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Talking Points: College and University Endowments
| 8/21/2025 | This brief explores how endowments enable institutions to expand financial aid and advance research and education. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance; Tax Reform; Endowments
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Type: Issue Brief
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Negotiated Rulemaking on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Implementation
| 8/5/2025 | On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. These talking points summarize ACE's main concerns regarding the implementation of this legislation.
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Topic(s): Higher Education Act; Regulation
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Type: Issue Brief
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Amicus Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Allow the Reinstatement of Canceled NIH Grants
| 8/1/2025 | Eight associations, including ACE, filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration’s bid to block reinstatement of about 1,200 canceled National Institutes of Health grants. |
Topic(s): Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Law and Courts
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Type: Amicus Brief
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