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Senate 2025 Education Budget Reconciliation Bill
| 6/12/2025 | This summary outlines major provisions of the Senate’s 2025 education budget reconciliation bill, including sweeping changes to student aid eligibility, loan programs, repayment plans, and institutional accountability measures. |
Topic(s): Higher Education Act; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid; Pell Grants; Student Loans
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Type: Bill Summary
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College Credit for Military Training and Experiences
| 6/11/2025 | DoD establishes educational pathways for service members through the Military Training Evaluation Program, the Joint Services Transcript, and the ACE Military Guide, which translate military training and occupational experiences into academic credit. |
Topic(s): Military; Credit; Veterans; GI Bill; Veterans Education; Credit for Prior Learning
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Type: Infographic
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Tuition Assistance for Service Members
| 6/11/2025 | DoD’s Tuition Assistance program allows service members to further their education through college-level courses and workforce training programs and plays a direct role in enabling the readiness of America’s all-volunteer military force. |
Topic(s): Veterans; Veterans Education; Financial Aid
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Type: Infographic
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Amicus Brief: In Support of Harvard in Harvard College v. the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
| 6/9/2025 | ACE and other higher education associations are supporting Harvard’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, challenging the Trump administration’s freeze on billions in federal research funding. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology
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Type: Amicus Brief
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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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