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Topic(s): Executive Branch; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Research Funding; Regulation; Science and Technology; Research Type: Letters and Comments Comments on International Education Programs and Fulbright-Hays Program 7/30/2026Comments in opposition to the notice of proposed rulemaking rescinding the International Education Programs regulations and the Fulbright-Hays Program regulations. Topic(s): Regulation Type: Letters and Comments Letter to the Departments of Education and Labor on TRIO Programs 7/10/2026Letter on recent efforts to alter the Federal TRIO Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers competitions. Topic(s): Higher Education Act; TRIO; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Regulation Type: Letters and Comments Comments on the OMB's Proposed Rule on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance 7/8/2026Comments urging the Office of Management and Budget to withdraw and reconsider the proposed rule on regulation for federal financial assistance, also know as uniform guidance. Topic(s): Executive Branch; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid; Science and Technology; Research Funding; Regulation Type: Letters and Comments Summary and Supporting Data: The Department of Education’s Final Rule on Accountability 7/7/2026A summary of the Department of Education’s final rule on the accountability portion of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with a full data set on the state-by-state impact. Topic(s): Regulation; Higher Education Act Type: Regulation Summary Voting and College Political Campaign–Related Activities in America’s 250th Year 7/1/2026This guide is designed to educate college and university administrators, faculty, and staff about how to support student voting and what political campaign-related activities are allowed on campus. Topic(s): Campus Issues; Law and Courts; Regulation; Social Progress Type: Issue Brief Guidance on Inviting Members of Congress and Executive Branch Officials to Campus 6/18/2026This issue brief provides essential guidance for higher education institutions on navigating federal ethics rules, disclosure requirements, and compliance standards when inviting members of Congress or Executive Branch officials to campus. Topic(s): Regulation; Executive Branch Type: Issue Brief Summary of ED's Proposed Changes to Accreditation Regulations 6/2/2026Summary of the changes proposed by the Education Department to accreditation regulations following the Trump executive order on "Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education." Topic(s): Accreditation; Regulation; Higher Education Act Type: Regulation Summary Summary of Final Rule on Workforce Pell and Federal Pell Grant Changes 5/26/2026Summary of the Department of Education’s March 9, 2026 final rule implementing provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to create the new Workforce Pell Grant program and update regulations governing the Federal Pell Grant. Topic(s): Pell Grants; Financial Aid; Higher Education Act; Regulation Comments on Education Department's Proposed Rule on Accountability 5/20/2026Comments from ACE and other higher education associations on Education Deparment's NPRM, “Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability.” Topic(s): Regulation; Higher Education Act; Pell Grants Type: Letters and Comments 12345678910...