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Analysis of Proposed Student Aid Changes in House Reconciliation Bill
| 6/6/2025 | Estimated impact by state of proposed changes to Pell Grant eligibility and elimination of subsidized loans under the 2025 House budget reconciliation bill. |
Topic(s): Higher Education Act; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid
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talking Points: Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan
| 6/5/2025 | The House-passed Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan would sharply reduce access to Pell Grants and federal student loans, eliminate key aid programs, and impose new penalties on colleges. |
Topic(s): Higher Education Act; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid
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Letter to State Department on Student Visa Interview Pause
| 5/30/2025 | On behalf of 36 other higher ed organizations, ACE wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio with concerns about the State Department's decision to pause interviews for student visas and intent to revoke many Chinese students' visas. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the House on Proposed Reconciliation Package
| 5/21/2025 | On behalf of 17 other higher education associations, ACE wrote to House leadership to oppose the reconciliation bill under consideration due to provisions that will restrict student aid and impose new taxes on insitutions. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Financial Aid; Taxation and Finance; Higher Education Act; Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Summary: Higher Ed Provisions in the Ways and Means Tax Reconciliation Tax Package
| 5/15/2025 | The House Committee on Ways and Means has advanced a tax package that would extend provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and make changes relevant to higher education and nonprofit institutions. |
Topic(s): Tax Reform; Taxation and Finance
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Type: Bill Summary
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A Call to Reforge the Historic Compact Between Higher Education and the Federal Government
| 5/14/2025 | More than 50 higher education organizations released a joint statement opposing actions by the Trump administration that jeapordize the enduring partnership between the federal government and higher education institutions. |
Topic(s): Higher Education Act
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Type: Statement
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Letter to OMB on Deregulation RFI
| 5/12/2025 | On behalf of 13 other higher ed organizations, ACE sent comments to the Office of Management and Budget in response to a request for information on subjects that could be deregulated. |
Topic(s): Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the House on Proposed Medicaid Cuts
| 5/12/2025 | On behalf of 13 other higher ed organizations, ACE wrote to the leadership of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce warning about the consequences for students and institutions of large cuts to Medicaid under consideration. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Health Care
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Type: Letters and Comments
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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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