In 1965, the first Higher Education Act (HEA) was signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The HEA provides a framework for our federal investment in post-secondary education by outlining the rules and regulations that guide the Federal higher education programs. Approximately every six years, the entire HEA is reconsidered, which is known as reauthorization. The purpose of a reauthorization is to update, alter, add new programs or rules, and eliminate others to ensure integrity, access and affordability of higher education. Click here to download all chapters of HEA as a PDF. A primer on HEA is available for download here from Congressional Research Service.
AJCU Letters & Comments on the Higher Education Act
Higher ed comment letter in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s request for information on “First Amendment and Free Inquiry Related Grant Conditions” (March 24, 2023)
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Date added: 24-03-2023
Comments from the higher education community on Section 117 of the Higher Education Act (February 27, 2023)
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Date added: 27-02-2023
Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education on Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers (TPS) and Institutions (February 23, 2023)
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Date added: 23-02-2023
Letter from ACE in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s RFI on public transparency for “low-financial value” postsecondary programs (February 2023)
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Date added: 10-02-2023
Letter from NAICU in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s RFI on public transparency for “low-financial value” postsecondary programs (February 2023)
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Date added: 09-02-2023
Higher education community comments on proposed regulations from the U.S. Department of Education (August 11, 2022)
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Date added: 11-08-2022
Letter to U.S. Department of Education with comments from higher ed community on negotiated rulemaking (July 1, 2021)
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Date added: 01-07-2021
Comments on the “Safeguarding American Innovation Act," which would amend the Higher Education Act (July 21, 2020)
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Date added: 21-07-2020
Higher Ed request to boost the FY21 allocation for the Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittees (April 16, 2020)
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Date added: 16-04-2020
Comments to the U.S. Department of Education's revised Section 117 Information Collection Request (March 11, 2020)
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Date added: 11-03-2020
Comments to the U.S. Department of Education on proposed regulations related to free speech (February 18, 2020)
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Date added: 18-02-2020
COHEAO letter supporting an amendment to the College Affordability Act re: Perkins Loan Program (February 7, 2020)
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Date added: 07-02-2020
AJCU sent letters to Representative Susie Lee (D-NV) and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) in support of S.J. Res. 56 (January 24, 2020)
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Date added: 24-01-2020
Letter opposing U.S. Department of Education's action re: Section 117 of HEA (December 17, 2019); (AJCU sent a separate letter on December 17, 2019)
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Date added: 17-12-2019
Higher education community letter to Congress in support H.R.5363, the FUTURE Act (December 10, 2019)
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Date added: 10-12-2019
ACE letter in support of Senate action on the bipartisan amendment offered to H.R. 2486, the FUTURE Act (December 5, 2019)
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Date added: 05-12-2019
Comments to the U.S. Department of Education on “Disclosures of Foreign Gifts and Contracts” (November 2019)
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Date added: 05-11-2019
AJCU comments to House leadership on H.R. 4674, the College Affordability Act, to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (October 28, 2019)
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Date added: 28-10-2019
Higher Ed letter to House leadership expressing support and concerns regarding H.R. 4674 (October 28, 2019)
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Date added: 28-10-2019
Higher Ed letter to House & Senate re: funding for STEM programs at HBCUs and other Minority-Serving Institutions (September 2019)
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Date added: 16-09-2019
Letter to U.S. Senate HELP Committee re removal of financial aid barriers for incarcerated students (July 22, 2019)
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Date added: 22-07-2019
Letter urging key policy makers to prioritize graduate education as part of any HEA reauthorization (July 15, 2019)
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Date added: 15-07-2019
Letter urging inclusion of the “Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act” in the HEA reauthorization bill (May 14, 2019)
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Date added: 14-05-2019
Testimony to U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Campus Sexual Assault, Student Safety and Rights in HEA Reauthorization (April 2, 2019)
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Date added: 02-04-2019
Higher Ed letter in support of legislation to repeal the prohibition on Pell Grants for incarcerated individuals (April 2019)
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Date added: 01-04-2019