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Request to USCIS to Expedite Visa Approvals
| 6/4/2026 | Letter urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to lift its administrative hold on processing Optional Practical Training (OPT) and H-1B work authorizations for international students.
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Topic(s): Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Summary on Proposed OMB Regulations for Federal Financial Assistance
| 6/2/2026 | The Trump administration is proposing a rewrite of the rules for federal agency grantmaking in an effort to systemically change how federal grants and other forms of financial assitance are awarded. |
Topic(s): Executive Branch; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid; Research Funding
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Type: Regulation Summary
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Summary of ED's Proposed Changes to Accreditation Regulations
| 6/2/2026 | Summary of the changes proposed by the Education Department to accreditation regulations following the Trump executive order on "Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education." |
Topic(s): Accreditation; Regulation; Higher Education Act
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Type: Regulation Summary
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Summary of Final Rule on Workforce Pell and Federal Pell Grant Changes
| 5/26/2026 | Summary of the Department of Education’s March 9, 2026 final rule implementing provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to create the new Workforce Pell Grant program and update regulations governing the Federal Pell Grant. |
Topic(s): Pell Grants; Financial Aid; Higher Education Act; Regulation
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Comments on Education Department's Proposed Rule on Accountability
| 5/20/2026 | Comments from ACE and other higher education associations on Education Deparment's NPRM, “Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability.” |
Topic(s): Regulation; Higher Education Act; Pell Grants
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Type: Letters and Comments
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The Veteran Readiness and Employment Program
| 5/20/2026 | Infographic on the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program, which offers a path to career stability and independence for veterans with service-related disabilities as well as for their eligible dependents. |
Topic(s): Accessibility; Student Outcomes; Veterans; Veterans Education
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Type: Infographic
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The Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program
| 5/20/2026 | Infographic on the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program, which offers educational benefits to eligible spouses and children of service members who died, are missing, or have a service-connected disability. |
Topic(s): Veterans; Accessibility; Veterans Education
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Type: Infographic
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The Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bills
| 5/20/2026 | Infographic on the Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bills, which offer a range of education and career training benefits for service members and their families to pursue postsecondary pathways. |
Topic(s): Accessibility; Veterans; Veterans Education
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Type: Infographic
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Letter to USCIS on Delays in Processing DACA Renewals
| 5/19/2026 | Letter from ACE and 31 other organizations to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services about delays in processing time for
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewal applications. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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ACE President Ted Mitchell's Testimony for the Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education
| 5/7/2026 | ACE President Ted Mitchell's testimony prepared for the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education on the funding levels for student aid and research in FY 2027. |
Topic(s): Budget; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid; Higher Education Act; Science and Technology
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Type: Congressional Testimony
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