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APLU Hails Final Agreement on Fiscal Year 2019 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the deal a House-Senate conference committee reached on a final version of the Fiscal Year 2019 Labor-HHS-Education bill.
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APLU & USU Join Forces with Eight Public Universities to Advance Student Success through Community-University Partnerships
Washington, DC – As public universities aim to develop new strategies to improve student success, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) today announced grants to eight public universities supporting the piloting and scaling of university-community partnerships focused on advancing student success. The grants, known as Collaborative…
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APLU and CIRTL to Lead $10 Million NSF Grant to Cultivate a More Diverse & Inclusive STEM Faculty Nationwide
Project Seeks to Attract & Enable More Underrepresented Students to Succeed in STEM Fields
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APLU Urges Congress to Protect Dreamers on One-Year Anniversary of DACA Rescission
Washington – In recognition that today marks one year since the Department of Justice announced the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, APLU President Peter McPherson sent a letter to congressional leadership to reiterate APLU’s call for swift action to protect Dreamers.
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APLU Releases Policy Blueprint for Public Universities & Federal Government to Strengthen Economic & Social Prosperity
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today released a policy blueprint for how public universities and the federal government can strengthen their partnership to build a modern workforce that meets the evolving needs of employers and collaborate on innovation while also becoming more effective partners with their communities to address local…
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Higher Education Association Statement on the SUCCESS Act
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of American Universities, AUTM, and Council on Governmental Relations today released the following statement on the SUCCESS Act.
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APLU Statement on New Efforts to Bolster NIH-Funded Research Security
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding research security concerns that National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins raised in testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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APLU Board on Agriculture Assembly Statement on Proposed NIFA and ERS Move
Washington, DC – Orlando F. McMeans, Chair of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) and Vice President for Research and Public Service at West Virginia State University, today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposal to move its National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)…
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Five Colleges & Universities Named as 2018 Excellence in Assessment Designees
Washington, D.C.— Five exemplary colleges and universities today were named Excellence in Assessment designees, joining two prior classes for a total of 20 institutions recognized for their commitment to the comprehensive assessment of student learning outcomes as a means to drive internal improvement and advance student success at the institution-level. The Excellence in Assessment (EIA)…
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APLU Statement on U.S. Dept of Education’s Proposal to Completely Eliminate Gainful Employment Rule
Washington, DC –Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would eliminate the gainful employment rule.
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