|
Comments to ED on ACTS Survey Component
| 10/7/2025 | ACE and 37 other higher education assoications sent comments to the Department of Education expressing strong opposition to the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement survey component. |
Topic(s): Admissions; Diversity and Inclusion
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
Letter to Congress on MSI Funding
| 10/3/2025 | On behalf of 20 other higher education associations, ACE urged congressional leaders to increase funding for Minority-Serving Institutions in FY 2026 and to reinstate funding that was cut during FY 2025. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Minority Serving Institutions
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
Letter to Congress on FY 2026 Appropriations and Funding Implementation
| 9/30/2025 | ACE and more than 60 other higher education associations sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the inclusion of clear legislative language in the FY 2026 appropriations bills to ensure the executive branch carries out Congress’s funding decisions as intended. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
Comments to ICE on the Proposed Duration of Status Rule
| 9/29/2025 | ACE and other higher education submitted these comments to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on its proposed duration of status rule, calling it disruptive, burdensome, enrollment-chilling, and unnecessary given SEVIS.
|
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Regulation; Executive Branch
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
Letter to Congressional Appropriators on the FAIR Model
| 9/22/2025 | More than 160 organizations sent this letter this week to House and Senate appropriators urging support for the Joint Associations Group’s FAIR model for funding the full costs of federally supported research.
|
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Research; Research Funding; Federal Budget and Appropriations
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
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
|
Type: Memo
|
|
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
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
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.
|
Topic(s): Workforce Development; Economic Competitiveness
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|
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
|
Type: Amicus Brief
|
|
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
|
Type: Letters and Comments
|
|