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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Negotiated Rulemaking for Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA)
On July 1, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to the US Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, in response to its intent to prepare regulations for programs authorized...
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Coalition for International Education Letter on US Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education Programs
On June 28, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter asking Senate appropriators Patty Murray and Roy Blunt to recommend $151.4 million for International Education and Foreign Language Studies, including $134.3...
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American Historical Association (AHA) Statement Opposing Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism and American History
On June 14, 2021, ARL joined American Historical Association in opposing legislation that aims to prohibit or impede the teaching and education of students concerning what are termed “divisive concepts.”...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter to Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees Identifying Community Funding Requests for the FY22 Appropriations Process
On June 11, 2021, ARL joined the American Council on Education (ACE) in outlining funding priorities for the higher education community in the next fiscal year. Letter on funding priorities...
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Maryland Is First State to Expand Equitable Access to E-books through Libraries (updated)
Final update: On February 16, a judge granted the Association of American Publishers (AAP) motion for preliminary injunction of Maryland’s law requiring publishers to offer electronic literary materials to libraries on “reasonable...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter to Senators Kennedy and Sinema Recommending Flexibility in the “Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act of 2021”
On May 13, 2021, ARL joined the American Council on Education (ACE) in recommending ways to make the "Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act of 2021" more flexible, to...
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Coalition for International Education Letter to House Appropriators in support of funding for International Education and Foreign Language Studies
On May 12, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro and Ranking Member Tom Cole endorsing a bipartisan letter from the House of Representatives recommending $151.4 million...
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Coalition for International Education Letter to Senate Leadership Supporting Enhancements of Title VI of the Higher Education Act
On April 27, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell supporting inclusion of enhancements to Title VI of the Higher Education Act in...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter to Senate Leadership in Support of James Kvaal
On April 26, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell expressing enthusiastic support for James Kvaal, who has been nominated to serve as...
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How the Humanities Will Help Us Recover
The humanities enrich our understanding of our own and others’ experience of the world, and help us imagine and build a better future as we recover from a year of...