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APLU Statement on Launch of #CountAllStudents & Need for Student-Level Data
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the launch of the 2018 #CountAllStudents campaign (www.countallstudents.org) and the need for Congress to lift the federal ban on student-level data.
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National Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Designation Program Now Open to All Universities
WASHINGTON, DC— The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and University Economic Development Association (UEDA) today announced a partnership to provide access to APLU’s Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Program to all higher education institutions. Until now, the IEP program, which recognizes higher education institutions that make regional economic development a priority, was…
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APLU Statement on Introduction of House Bill to Reauthorize Higher Education Act
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the introduction of the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Higher Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, which would reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
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APLU Statement on U.S. Department of Education’s New IPEDS Outcome Measures Survey
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the release of the U.S. Department of Education’s new Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Outcome Measures survey.
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APLU Issues New Report on Police Body-Worn Cameras, Encourages Campuses to Consider Their Use
Washington, DC – Campus police departments that use body-worn cameras (BWCs) on campus officers stand to benefit from increased transparency and accountability along with improved community relations, according to a new policy brief the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) issued today. In encouraging universities to consider implementing or piloting a BWC program, APLU…
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APLU Statement on 2015 Gallup-Purdue Index: Vast Majority of Graduates Say College is Worth the Cost
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the 2015 Gallup-Purdue Index. The new report released today found that 77 percent of college alumni nationally agree or strongly agree that their college education was worth the cost. At public universities the percentage was even…
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APLU Statement on U.S. Department of Education’s Announcement that Student Achievement Measure Data Will Soon be Linked to on New College Scorecard
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that Student Achievement Measure (SAM) data will be included on the agency’s College Scorecard as soon as practicable.
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It’s Not a Sin to Change Course: APLU Statement on U.S. Department of Education’s New College Scorecard
Washington, DC — Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s updated College Scorecard.
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New Report: Public Universities Investing More Resources in Educating Students Despite Dramatic State Funding Cuts Not Fully Offset By Increase in Tuition Revenue
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Warns that National Goal of 60 Percent of Adults with Post-Secondary Degree is in Jeopardy Without Renewed State Support of Public Higher Education
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APLU Statement on Obama Administration’s New Steps to Increase College Transparency
Washington, D.C. – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the Obama administration’s announcement that it’s shifting away from a proposed college ratings system and will instead develop a new set of transparency tools to help students and their families, policymakers, and the general public better understand…
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