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Letter on Engagement Between Higher Education and the State Department
| 2/3/2025 | On behalf of 30 other higher education organizations, ACE wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio offering to work closely with the State Department on issues like visa processing and national security. |
Topic(s): Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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President Trump’s Executive Orders Impacting Higher Education
| 1/23/2025 | President Trump signed a slew of executive orders in his first week that walk back Biden-era policies and fulfill his campaign promises. These are the EOs that impact 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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Issue Brief: Immigration Related Campus Concerns
| 1/16/2025 | This issue brief provides guidance for campus leaders on navigating potential immigration policy changes under the new Trump administration, drawing on lessons from the first Trump term. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers; Law and Courts
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Type: Issue Brief
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ACE Policy Recommendations to 2024 Presidential Candidates
| 9/11/2024 | Ahead of the November election, ACE wrote to the presidential candidates’ campaigns with recommendations for key policies to strengthen higher education.
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Topic(s): Affordability; Research; Campus Safety; Taxation and Finance; Immigration and International Students; Veterans Education; Mental Health
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Type: Memo
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Letter to the State Department on Addressing Visa Processing Delays
| 7/5/2024 | Along with 19 other organizations, ACE sent this letter to the State Department urging action to address delays with processing F-1 and J-1 visa applications at U.S. consulates in India and other countries where there could be surges in applications. |
Topic(s): Student Visas; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rule for Title VI Program Changes
| 3/25/2024 | Comments to the Department of Education form ACE and 16 other higher education groups on the proposed rule regarding the National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships programs.
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Topic(s): Regulation; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Department of Labor's Plan to Expand Foreign Worker Certification to STEM Jobs
| 2/20/2024 | On behalf of 18 other higher education organizations, ACE sent comments to DOL in support of expanding the labor certification for permanent employment of foreign workers to include STEM occupations. |
Topic(s): Regulation; STEM; Labor and Employment; Immigration and International Students; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rule to Modernize the H-IB and Other Visa Processes
| 12/22/2023 | Comments from ACE and a number of other higher education associations in reponse to the Department of Homeland Security's proposed rule, “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers.” |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the State Department on Visa Interview Waivers
| 12/8/2023 | ACE, on behalf of 25 other higher ed associations, encouraged the Department of State to permanently waive the in-person interview requirement for some non-immigrant visa applicants. This requirement had temporarily been waived due to the pandemic. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Joint Statement Supporting Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Internationalization
| 4/13/2023 | Statement from ACE and its counterparts from Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and New Zealand outlining the organizations' plans to cooperatively promote safe and secure internationalization. |
Topic(s): Internationalization; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Statement
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