Issue Briefs
Below is an index of Issue Briefs on over three dozen policy areas affecting private, nonprofit higher education. Written by NAICU's government relations experts, each brief contains an overview of the issue covered, a legislative history and additional background, relevant coverage in NAICU’s Washington Update e-newsletter, and additional resources to help readers better understand aspects of a particular issue.
Issue Briefs: REGULATION
With its members, NAICU seeks appropriate regulation of private colleges and universities that is sensitive to institutional diversity and independence.
- Accreditation
- Affirmative Action
- Borrower Defense
- Campus Safety
- College Scorecard
- Overtime Rule
- Deregulation
- Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
- Gainful Employment
- HEA Reauthorization
- Immigration
- Major by Major Eligibility
- Net Price Calculators
- Political Campaign Activity
- Privacy
- Program Integrity
- Sexual Assault and Sex Discrimination on Campus
- State Authorization
- State Authorization - Distance Education
Issue Briefs: STUDENT AID
With federal spending under a tight funding cap, NAICU works with its members and in coalitions to ensure adequate funding for the core student aid programs, and to protect those programs from excessive cuts. These efforts help ensure student aid programs continue to provide all Americans, regardless of family income, with access to the college of their choice.
- Anti-Trust
- Federal Work-Study
- Financial Responsibility Standards
- Free Public College
- Graduate Student Aid Issues
- Institutional Aid (Title III and Title V Institutions)
- International Education
- Need Analysis
- Pell Grants
- Perkins Loans
- Risk-Sharing
- State Student Grant Aid
- Student Aid Funding
- Student Debt
- Student Loans
- Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants
- Veterans & Military Student Benefits
Issue Briefs: TAX POLICY
NAICU promotes tax policy that helps families save and pay for college, and also helps private colleges fulfill their distinctive missions. This includes maintaining federal support for students and their families through the current levels of federal tax benefits. It also requires protecting the tax-exempt status of private colleges and universities, the independence of their endowments, and incentives for charitable giving.