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APLU Statement on Senate Agreement on Third COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Bill
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the Senate agreement on a third COVID-19 emergency supplemental bill.
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APLU Hails U.S. Supreme Court Decision on State Sovereign Immunity
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Allen v. Cooper.
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APLU Urges Congress to Provide Emergency Higher Ed and Research Funding Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement calling on Congress to provide emergency funding to public universities to address and deal with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, APLU and other higher education and research groups outlined requests for emergency federal higher…
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APLU Submits Formal Comments Expressing Serious Concerns with Dept. of Ed’s Proposed Rule on Campus Free Speech
Washington, DC — APLU today formally submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education concerning its proposed rule on campus free speech. In a letter to Secretary DeVos, APLU President Peter McPherson detailed a series of concerns with the proposed rule.
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APLU VP Martin Testifies Before Congress on How Public Universities Help Drive Small Business Innovation
Washington, DC – APLU’s Vice President for Economic Development and Community Engagement Sheila Martin testified before the House Subcommittee on Innovation and Workforce Development Hearing today on “The Innovation Pipeline: from Universities to Small Businesses.” Martin’s remarks explained how universities fuel small business innovation. The following are the prepared remarks she delivered before the committee.
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APLU Statement on the Administration’s FY2021 Budget Proposal
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal.
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APLU & AIR Announce Data Literacy Institute to Advance Data Capacity and Student Success on Campus
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Association for Institutional Research (AIR) today announced they received a $670,000 grant from Ascendium Education Group to pilot a Data Literacy Institute aimed at helping APLU member campuses better use data to increase student success. A network of twelve public universities working collaboratively…
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APLU Applauds House Introduction of the Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology (SALSTA) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, which House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas introduced in the House.
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APLU Urges Senate HELP Committee Leaders to Advance Nomination & Help Confirm Sethuraman Panchanathan as Director of the National Science Foundation
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson this week sent the following letter to the chair and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions urging that they advance the nomination and help the full U.S. Senate confirm Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan as Director of…
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APLU Statement on Students, Faculty, and Alumni of Canadian Universities Lost in Airline Tragedy in Iran
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement about the loss of students, faculty, and alumni of Canadian universities who were killed in the airline tragedy in Iran on Wednesday.
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