ACE Policy Recommendations to 2024 Presidential Candidates
| 9/11/2024 | Ahead of the November election, ACE wrote to the presidential candidates’ campaigns with recommendations for key policies to strengthen higher education.
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Topic(s): Affordability; Research; Campus Safety; Taxation and Finance; Immigration and International Students; Veterans Education; Mental Health
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Type: Memo
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Letter to the State Department on Addressing Visa Processing Delays
| 7/5/2024 | Along with 19 other organizations, ACE sent this letter to the State Department urging action to address delays with processing F-1 and J-1 visa applications at U.S. consulates in India and other countries where there could be surges in applications. |
Topic(s): Student Visas; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rule for Title VI Program Changes
| 3/25/2024 | Comments to the Department of Education form ACE and 16 other higher education groups on the proposed rule regarding the National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships programs.
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Topic(s): Regulation; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Department of Labor's Plan to Expand Foreign Worker Certification to STEM Jobs
| 2/20/2024 | On behalf of 18 other higher education organizations, ACE sent comments to DOL in support of expanding the labor certification for permanent employment of foreign workers to include STEM occupations. |
Topic(s): Regulation; STEM; Labor and Employment; Immigration and International Students; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rule to Modernize the H-IB and Other Visa Processes
| 12/22/2023 | Comments from ACE and a number of other higher education associations in reponse to the Department of Homeland Security's proposed rule, “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers.” |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the State Department on Visa Interview Waivers
| 12/8/2023 | ACE, on behalf of 25 other higher ed associations, encouraged the Department of State to permanently waive the in-person interview requirement for some non-immigrant visa applicants. This requirement had temporarily been waived due to the pandemic. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Joint Statement Supporting Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Internationalization
| 4/13/2023 | Statement from ACE and its counterparts from Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and New Zealand outlining the organizations' plans to cooperatively promote safe and secure internationalization. |
Topic(s): Internationalization; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Statement
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Comments to USCIS on Proposed Fee Increases
| 3/13/2023 | Comments from ACE, on behalf of 20 other organizations, to USCIS opposing proposed increases to benefit request fees that would adversely affect international students and skilled workers at colleges and universities. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Optional and Practical Training; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter Urging 117th Congress to Protect Dreamers Before Adjourning
| 11/17/2022 | Letter from ACE and other higher education associations to congressional leaders, encouraging them to pass legislation to protect Dreamers and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the lame-duck session that ends next month. |
Topic(s): Dreamers; Immigration and International Students; Legislation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter in Support of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act
| 11/10/2022 | ACE, on behalf of 14 other higher education associations, sent this letter to Senators Dick Durbin and Roger Wicker in support of their newly reintroduced bill to strengthen programs that expand study abroad opportunities to a broader range of students. |
Topic(s): Internationalization; Legislation; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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