Letter to Congress on the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act
| 10/8/2024 | On behalf of 18 other higher education associations, ACE shared concerns with the House and Senate armed services committees about provisions in the NDAA that would place restrictions on institutions' research activity. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments to the Department of Education on Proposed Distance Education Rule
| 8/23/2024 | On behalf of 23 other higher education associations, ACE wrote to the Department of Education with comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking that addresses distance education, return of Title IV funds, and TRIO. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Financial Aid; TRIO; Higher Education Act
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Summary: The U.S. Department of Education’s Proposed Rule on Distance Education, Return of Title IV Funds, and the Federal TRIO Programs
| 7/22/2024 | This summary gives an overview of new proposed regulations from the Department of Education concerning distance education, the return of Title IV funds process, and the Federal TRIO programs. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Higher Education Act; TRIO; Financial Aid
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Type: Bill Summary
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Letter Opposing the House Continuing Resolution for FY 2024
| 9/29/2023 | ACE, on behalf of five other higher education associations, wrote to leaders of the House of Representatives to express disapproval of a proposed continuing resolution that would reduce funding for higher education. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter on House FY 2024 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
| 7/28/2023 | ACE, on behalf of of 29 other higher education organizations, wrote to leaders of the House Appropriations Committee with concerns about proposed cuts for higher education programs in the House's Labor-HHS-Education funding bill for FY 2024. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Higher Education and a Debt Ceiling Default
| 5/17/2023 | A memo examining the potential impact on higher education if the U.S. federal government fails to raise the national debt ceiling, causing the United States to default on its obligations. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Memo
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Letter to the Senate on Research Funding for HBCUs, MSIs in the 2023 NDAA
| 12/14/2022 | Letter from ACE and 16 other higher education organizations to Senate leaders in support of provisions in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act funding research at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and minority-serving institutions. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Minority Serving Institutions; Research Funding; Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress in Support of the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act
| 10/28/2022 | ACE, on behalf of 15 other higher education organizations, sent this letter to the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee urging them to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in any lame-duck tax legislation. |
Topic(s): Pell Grants; Legislation; Financial Aid; Taxation and Finance; Tax Reform
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Appropriations Subcommittees on Education Funding Priorities for FY 2023
| 4/19/2022 | Letter from the Student Aid Alliance to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations subcommittees requesting that student aid remains a high priority in the funding bill for FY 2023.
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Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; GEAR UP; Pell Grants; TRIO; Financial Aid; Federal Work-Study; Undergraduate Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Facts in Hand: Keeping the United States Competitive
| 3/14/2022 | U.S. colleges and universities play a vital role in expanding our nation’s STEM capacity and building a strong STEM workforce. Partnerships between the federal government and postsecondary institutions are crucial in this work.
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Topic(s): STEM; Science and Technology; Research Funding
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Type: Infographic
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