On September 21, the higher education community sent a letter to House and Senate Conference Committee members concerning the National Defense Authorization Act. Specifically, the letter calls on conferees to remove problematic provisions from the bill. These provisions would require graduate students and postdoctoral scholars engaged in Department of Defense research to disclose personal information on a publicly available website and require a cost share of 25-percent for DOD awards.
The Council of Graduate Schools submitted written testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies regarding the importance of funding programs at the Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health.
The Council of Graduate Schools and 260 other organizations sent a letter to Congress to reject Republican efforts to use the Congressional Review Act to block President Biden’s debt relief plan.
The Council of Graduate Schools submitted written testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies regarding the importance of programs at the Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health that positively impact graduate education.