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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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Talking Points: Federal Telemental Health Authorization
| 4/15/2025 | We urge Congress to permit telehealth services across state lines for college students dealing with mental health issues. |
Topic(s): Health Care; Mental Health
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Type: Issue Brief
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Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to DOE Research Funding
| 4/14/2025 | Complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts by ACE, the Association of American Universities, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities seeking to halt the Trump administration's proposed cut to the indirect costs rate for DOE research grants. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Innovation; Science and Technology
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Letter to the Education Department on FY 2025 Appropriations
| 4/7/2025 | On behalf of 19 other higher education organizations, ACE wrote to Education Secretary Linda McMahon urging her to confirm that all higher education programs will be funded at FY 2024 levels through the end of this fiscal year. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter on Visa Revocations and International Student Deportations Under the Trump Administration
| 4/4/2025 | ACE and other higher education associations sent a letter requesting a briefing from Secretaries Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem regarding the policies and processes being applied to recent visa revocations and deportations of international students. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Infographic: Section 117(d) Qualified Tuition Reduction
| 3/31/2025 | Qualified tuition reductions enable colleges and universities to provide tax-free tuition reductions for undergraduate
programs to employees, their spouses, and their dependents, as well as for graduate programs when students are
engaged in teaching or research. |
Topic(s): Tax Reform; Taxation and Finance; Graduate Students
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Type: Infographic
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Amicus Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Pavia v. NCAA
| 3/28/2025 | ACE, along with six other higher education organizations, submitted this amicus brief in support of the NCAA in a case concerning student-athlete eligibility restrictions. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Athletics
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Letter to the House Supporting the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act
| 3/28/2025 | On behalf of five other higher education associations, ACE wrote to Representatives Lloyd Doggett and Mike Kelly endorsing legislation they introduced to repeal the taxability of Pell Grants. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Pell Grants; Taxation and Finance; Tax Reform
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Type: Letters and Comments
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