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APLU Names 2025 Excellence in Student Success Award Finalists
Washington, DC – As part of its ongoing efforts to support public research universities’ efforts to increase student success, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named University of California, Merced, University of Illinois Chicago, Northern Illinois University, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, The University of Texas at San Antonio as finalists for the…
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APLU Statement on Government Shutdown
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Waded Cruzado today released the following statement on the government shutdown. “The government shutdown may have far-reaching negative impacts across federal agencies and public research universities. The longer this impasse lasts, the more devastating the impacts will be. The clock is ticking. “Public research universities…
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APLU Names Six Public Universities as Finalists for 2025 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Awards
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named six universities as finalists for its 13th annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) Awards. The winners will be announced during the association’s annual meeting in November. The finalists – the University of California, Los Angeles, Clemson University, University of Georgia, University of…
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APLU Statement on Elimination of U.S. Department of Education Program Funding for Minority Serving Institutions
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Waded Cruzado today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced it was ceasing funding for certain programs at Minority Serving Institutions. “The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to eliminate funding allocated for a set of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) across the…
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APLU Statement on FAIR Model
Washington, DC – APLU President Waded Cruzado today issued the following statement on the Joint Associations Group’s Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) Model. “The decades-long partnership between the federal government and public research universities has driven extraordinary progress for our country and world, saving countless lives through medical advances, unleashing game-changing innovations in the private…
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Four APLU Universities Selected as Finalists for 2025 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award
Washington, DC – In recognition of their extraordinary community engagement initiatives, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that four of its member universities have been selected as regional winners of the 2025 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As regional award winners, Indiana University, Oregon State University, The University of…
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Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs Releases Recommendation for Updated, More Efficient, Transparent Research Funding Model
The following is a joint statement from the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), American Council on Education (ACE), Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI), Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), American Association of State Colleges and…
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APLU Announces 2025 Malone International Leadership Award Recipient
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that Dr. Russell Ivy, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), is the winner of the 2025 Malone International Award. The Malone Award, a national honor sponsored by APLU and given annually, recognizes individuals who advance…
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Statement of Association of Public & Land-grant Universities, Association of American Universities, and American Council on Education Regarding Their Legal Challenge to the Administration’s Cut to Critical Defense Research
June 17, 2025 Update: U.S. Judge Brian E. Murphy issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that covers all institutions in all states nationwide in the case filed by AAU, APLU, ACE, and 12 impacted higher education institutions against the U.S. Department of Defense. The judge’s order prevents the administration “….implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving effect to the immediately effective…
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Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs Shares Subject Matter Expert Recommendations with Research Community
Today, during a public webinar, the Joint Associations Group (JAG) on Indirect Costs1 updated the research community on the work of its subject matter experts (SME) team to develop a new model for funding indirect costs of federal research grants. The group announced that it is soliciting feedback on the provisional models it has developed…
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