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Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to DOD Research Funding
| 6/16/2025 | This complaint, filed by ACE, AAU, APLU, and 12 institutions in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, seeks to halt the Department of Defense’s proposed cap on indirect cost reimbursements for research grants. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Research; Executive Branch
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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; Executive Branch
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Type: Amicus Brief
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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; Executive Branch
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Type: Statement
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Complaint Filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts Over NSF Research Funding Cuts
| 5/5/2025 | This complaint, filed by ACE, AAU, APLU, and 13 research universities in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, challenges the National Science Foundation’s cap on indirect cost reimbursements as unlawful and harmful to federally funded research. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Research; Research Funding; Law and Courts; Executive Branch
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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; Executive Branch
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Type: Memo
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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; Executive Branch
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Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to NIH Research Funding
| 2/10/2025 | 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 NIH research grants. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Executive Branch
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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; Executive Branch
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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; Executive Branch
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Type: Memo
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