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Harold L. Martin Sr. Honored with Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award
Orlando, FL – Harold L. Martin, Sr., Chancellor Emeritus at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, was honored today with the Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award at the APLU Annual Meeting currently taking place in Orlando. The APLU award recognizes an individual whose career has been dedicated to the service and leadership of public…
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APLU Announces 2024 Degree Completion Award Finalists
Washington, DC – As part of its ongoing efforts to support public research universities’ efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named the University of Kentucky, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as finalists for its 2024 Degree Completion Award. The…
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APLU Joins with Four Institutions to Develop New Approaches for Supporting Faculty in Undertaking Public Impact Research
Washington, DC – Seeking to increase the societal impact of university research, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced a multi-year collaborative effort with four public research universities to identify and promulgate new approaches to support faculty and researchers undertaking Public Impact Research. PIR is a framework for university research that improves…
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APLU Statement on Delayed Data Collection Period for Gainful Employment & Financial Value Regulations
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Mark Becker today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that it will extend the data submission period to January 15, 2025 for Gainful Employment and Financial Transparency Value Regulations. “The public university community appreciates the U.S. Department of Education delaying…
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Four APLU Universities Selected as Finalists for 2024 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 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As regional award winners, East Carolina University, the University of Minnesota, Oregon State…
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APLU Names Six Public Universities as Finalists for 2024 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Awards
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named six universities as finalists for its 12th annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) Awards. The winners will be announced during the association’s annual meeting in November. The finalists – the University of Alabama at Birmingham, East Carolina University, the University of New…
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APLU Statement on Delayed 2025-26 FAFSA Release
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Mark Becker today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement the 2025-26 FAFSA will not be fully available to students until on or before December 1. “The chaotic FAFSA rollout has had a profound – and potentially generational – impact on…
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APLU Applauds Inclusion of Mandatory Funding in Agricultural Research Facilities in Senate Farm Bill Package
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today released the following statement on the inclusion of the Research Facilities Act (RFA) and mandatory investment of at least $1 billion in public universities’ research facilities in the Farm Bill framework Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) unveiled…
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APLU Announces 2024 Malone International Leadership Award Recipient
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that Uriel Nuño Gutiérrez, rector of the Northern University Center (CUNorte) at the University of Guadalajara, is the winner of the 2024 Malone International Leadership Award. The Malone Award, a national honor sponsored by APLU and given annually, recognizes individuals who advance…
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APLU President Becker to Depart Association at End of Year
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Mark Becker today announced he will depart the association at the end of 2024. “This decision is a significant departure from what I planned when I assumed my role at APLU in 2022, and it is one that I have considered thoroughly and with…
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