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APLU Statement on Release of American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Final Report of The Lincoln Project: Public Research Universities: Recommitting to Lincoln’s Vision— An Educational Compact for the 21st Century
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding ‘Public Research Universities: Recommitting to Lincoln’s Vision — An Educational Compact for the 21st Century’, which the American Academy of Arts and Sciences released as the final report of The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in…
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Urban Public Research Universities Launch Collaborative Effort to Accelerate & Scale Implementation of New, Innovative Practices to Boost Student Success
Washington, D.C.— Seeking to eliminate roadblocks that too often prevent low-income and underrepresented college students from attending and then graduating college, a group of public urban universities today launched a new, collaborative effort to implement and accelerate innovative, transformative, and often disruptive changes needed to boost student success. Collaborating for Change – an initiative led…
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APLU Strongly Opposes Congressional Panel’s Efforts to Subpoena Names & Other Identifiable Information of Researchers, Students, & Others Even Remotely Connected with Research that Utilizes Fetal Tissue
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement condemning the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives on its efforts to subpoena organizations to release names, institutional connection, and the nature of involvement of those connected with research that utilizes fetal tissue. APLU joined the…
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APLU Statement on the House FY2017 Budget Proposal
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the FY2017 budget proposal being considered before the House Budget Committee.
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Public Universities’ Group Unveils Holistic Research Agenda & Action Plan to Improve Food System & Human Health
Washington, DC – A group of leading experts from public universities across the U.S. today unveiled a comprehensive research agenda and action plan that seeks to integrate agriculture, nutrition, food and health care systems to holistically improve human health outcomes and help prevent chronic disease. The new research agenda and action plan, Healthy Food Systems,…
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APLU and Urban Serving Universities Award Nine Public Urban Research Universities $450K for Micro-Grant Programs Aimed at Helping Low-Income Students Graduate
Washington, DC – Continuing their effort to promote the use of micro-grants to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) awarded nine public urban research universities a total of $450,000 to launch or expand pilot programs of their…
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APLU Statement on Obama Administration’s New Rule Extending the Duration of STEM Optional Practical Training
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the Obama administration’s new rule for the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.
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University Associations Express Support for Peters-Moran sUAS Bill
Washington, DC – The Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today issued the following statement in support of the Higher Education Unmanned Aircraft Systems Modernization Act, introduced today by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Jerry Moran (R-KS).
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APLU and Urban Serving Universities Release Report & Implementation Guide on How Universities Can Use Micro-Grants to Turn Would-Be Dropouts into College Graduates
Washington, DC – Determined to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) today released a report and implementation guide detailing how universities can use micro-grants to ensure such students complete their degree.
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APLU & AAU Statement on Representative Hultgren’s Amendment to FLIGHT R&D Act that Protects Research Efforts Using Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Washington, DC – The Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released the following statement in support of Representative Randy Hultgren’s amendment to H.R. 4489, the FLIGHT R&D Act, which would prevent FAA regulations from impeding university research and development activities that involve small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).
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