Title IX Final Rule: Outline of Key Provisions
| 4/29/2024 | On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released its 2024 Title IX final rule. Campuses must be in compliance by Aug. 1, 2024. |
Topic(s): Title IX; Regulation; Campus Safety
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Type: Issue Brief
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Comments on Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment Reporting Requirements
| 4/22/2024 | Comments from ACE and 29 other higher education associations in
response to the Deparment of Education's information collection request on the financial value transparency and gainful employment reporting requirements. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Gainful Employment
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Summary: The Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act
| 4/18/2024 | Summary of the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act, a bill that would subject institutions to prescriptive policy requirements and disclosures related to free speech. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Free Speech
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Type: Bill Summary
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The Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act: Key Concerns
| 4/18/2024 | A summary of ACE's primary areas of concern regarding the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Free Speech
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Type: Issue Brief
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FAFSA Survey Results Sent to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
| 3/28/2024 | To better understand the challenges faced by institutions with the new FAFSA system, ACE, EDUCAUSE and NACUBO conducted this survey targeting various campus stakeholders. Results were sent to the Department of Education. |
Topic(s): Financial Aid; Higher Education Act; Free Application for Federal Student Aid
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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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Letter on Institutional and Programmatic Accountability Rule Implementation
| 3/14/2024 | On behalf of 22 other higher education organizations, ACE wrote to the Education Department to share concerns institutions of higher education have regarding implementation of the rules on institutional and programmatic accountability that were finalized last fall. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Gainful Employment; Higher Education Act
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the House on the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act
| 2/27/2024 | On behalf of 15 other higher education organizations, ACE wrote to House leadership in opposition to an offset mechanism in the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Financial Aid; Pell Grants
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program
| 2/26/2024 | Along with four other higher education associations, ACE sent comments to the Department of Defense a proposed rule to make contracts adhere to a series of cybersecurity standards. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Science and Technology
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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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