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Comments to the Education Department on Potential Negotiated Rulemaking Agenda
| 5/8/2025 | ACE and other higher education associations submitted comments in response to the Department of Education’s notice on potential negotiated rulemaking, urging a more balanced regulatory approach and raising concerns about recent rules and proposed changes. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Higher Education Act
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the House Opposing the “DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act”
| 5/7/2025 | On behalf of four other higher ed associations, ACE wrote to House leadership opposing legislation that would limit funding for US institutions that have relationships with Chinese colleges and universities. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Internationalization
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Type: Letters and Comments
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 Engaging State Policymakers to Support College Student Mental Health: A Resource Guide for Campus Leaders
| 5/5/2025 | This toolkit provides knowledge and resources to help campus leaders, staff, and students advocate for increased state support and funding for college student mental health. |
Topic(s): Mental Health; Health Care; National Engagement
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Type: Toolkit
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Complaint Filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts Over NSF Research Funding Cuts
| 5/5/2025 | This complaint, filed by ACE, AAU, APLU, and 13 research universities in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, challenges the National Science Foundation’s cap on indirect cost reimbursements as unlawful and harmful to federally funded research. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Research; Research Funding; Law and Courts
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Key Mental Health in Higher Education Stats
| 5/1/2025 | Critical information on the mental health crisis among college students. |
Topic(s): Mental Health; Health Care
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Type: Infographic
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Letter Opposing the House Budget Reconciliation Bill
| 4/29/2025 | Letter to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce expressing strong concerns and opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan, a proposal to provide for budget reconciliation affecting education programs.
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Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Tax Reform; Taxation and Finance
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress on the GLS Grant Program
| 4/28/2025 | On behalf of 7 other education and health organizations, ACE wrote to congressional appropriators urging them to increase funding for the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant
Program. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Mental Health
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Type: Letters and Comments
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President Trump’s Executive Orders Impacting Higher Education
| 4/24/2025 | President Trump began his term with a flurry of executive orders, and they have continued in the months since. This document tracks those with the most significant impact on higher education. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Immigration and International Students; Title IX; Sustainability; Minority Serving Institutions; Diversity and Inclusion; Higher Education Act
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Type: Memo
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Backgrounder: Tax-Exempt Status of Colleges and Universities
| 4/21/2025 | This document explains why most colleges and universities are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and outlines the legal framework and oversight processes that govern this status. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance; Tax Reform
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Type: Issue Brief
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Amicus Brief: In Support of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Massachusetts v. Kennedy
| 4/17/2025 | ACE and seven other higher education associations filed an amicus brief in support of the AAMC, urging the court to block NIH’s abrupt termination of research grants that threatens the stability of the biomedical research system and violates federal law. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology
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Type: Amicus Brief
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