Higher Education Policy

2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:19:08 Z

The 2026 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Horizon Report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are reshaping instructional practice and institutional strategy.

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:49:40 Z

The 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Trump AI Action Plan Input

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:30:41 Z

On March 14, 2025, EDUCAUSE joined with the American Council on Education (ACE) and nearly 30 other higher education associations in submitting a response to the Trump administration’s request for input regarding its proposed development of an “AI Action Plan” for the United States.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Proposed CUI Rules for Federal Contracting

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:21:51 Z

On March 17, 2025, EDUCAUSE, COGR, the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) submitted comments in response to proposed regulations for incorporating controlled unclassified information (CUI) marking, handling, and security requirements into federal contracting rules and processes.

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Examples of TPS Guidance Problems (with ARL)

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:43:01 Z

EDUCAUSE joined with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to submit comments to the U.S. Department of Education regarding its February 2023 guidance on third-party servicers (TPSs).

EDUCAUSE Comments: Dept. of Ed. Guidance on Third-Party Servicers (TPSs)

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:51:16 Z

EDUCAUSE submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on March 7, 2023, in response to a “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) from ED reinterpreting the department’s regulatory guidance on “Third-Party Servicers” (TPSs).

EDUCAUSE Comments: Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:08:36 Z

On September 1, 2020, EDUCAUSE joined the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Acquisition and Sustainment.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Broadband Infrastructure and Student Access

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:09:44 Z

Twenty-nine (29) higher education associations and organizations joined EDUCAUSE on June 5, 2020, in sending a letter to Congress on significant broadband issues for higher education.

EDUCAUSE Policy Videos: February 2020 Federal Policy Update

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:08:37 Z

The EDUCAUSE Policy Team produced a pair of brief videos (approx. three minutes each) to update members on relevant federal policy issues as of February 2020.

Federal Student Aid Breach/Information Security Reporting Compliance Letters

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:10:46 Z

Over the last few months, Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office of the U.S. Department of Education, has sent compliance letters on breach notification and information security program reporting to various EDUCAUSE member institutions.

EDUCAUSE Comments: FSA Breach Notification/Information Security Reporting Requirements

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:51:02 Z

EDUCAUSE submitted a letter to Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office of the U.S. Department of Education, expressing concern about its recent compliance actions in relation to data breach notification and information security program reporting.

EDUCAUSE Comments Higher Ed Submits Further Response on Net Neutrality Changes

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:26:15 Z

On August 30, 2017, a coalition of higher education leadership associations, including EDUCAUSE, submitted reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about its 2017 network neutrality rule-making.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Higher Ed Supports Maintaining Net Neutrality

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:39:52 Z

(July 18, 2017) EDUCAUSE joined several other higher education leadership associations, including the American Council on Education and the Association of Research Libraries, in responding to the 2017 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule-making on net neutrality (WC Docket Number 17-108, “Restoring Internet Freedom”).

EDUCAUSE Comments: Restoration of Year-Round Pell Grants

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:12:08 Z

EDUCAUSE recently supported a letter from the broader higher education association community that asked the U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees to use the current budget surplus in the Pell Grant program to once again make Pell Grants available to students on a year-round basis. Issued on March 16, 2017, the letter highlighted the strong, bipartisan support for such a move, which would enhance the ability of students to persist to degree completion as well as to improve their time to degree.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Federal Student Aid’s Safeguards Rule Audit Requirement

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:56:40 Z

On March 29, 2017, EDUCAUSE joined the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) in asking the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to delay and/or rewrite a “federal single audit” requirement proposed by the Federal Student Aid (FSA) division of the U.S. Department of Education.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Engaging with DHS on Immigration Executive Order

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:11:54 Z

EDUCAUSE joined 46 other higher education associations, including the major college and university presidential associations, in signing a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security about the January 2017 Trump Administration executive order on immigration.

EDUCAUSE Comments: Higher Ed Letter Challenges FCC Net Neutrality Order

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:50:44 Z

) Throughout the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2017 net neutrality rule-making process, EDUCAUSE has served as a central member of a higher education coalition working to preserve net neutrality. The December 2017 FCC order unfortunately eviscerates not just the net neutrality rules in place since 2015; it also abdicates any real role for the FCC in addressing net neutrality in favor of “transparency,” “market competition,” and anti-trust enforcement.

EDUCAUSE Comments: FSA Strategic Plan, 2020-24 (Draft)

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:52:42 Z

The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) recently invited public comments on its draft strategic plan for 2020 through 2024. EDUCAUSE encouraged FSA to rewrite the relevant sections of its plan to focus on current and potential collaboration between the agency and higher education information security leaders on clarifying and publicly documenting compliance guidance as well as bolstering the dissemination of jointly sourced effective information security practices.

EDUCAUSE Comments: IRS 1098-T Delay Requested

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:55:34 Z

The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) has called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to delay implementation of a change in tuition reporting requirements for tax purposes until 2017. As NACUBO notes, the change in question creates significant difficulties for administrative systems and reporting processes at many colleges and universities, severely constraining their capacity to comply. On March 10, 2016, EDUCAUSE joined other leading higher education associations in sending a letter to the IRS reinforcing NACUBO’s request for a one-year delay in the implementation of the new IRS Form 1098-T (Tuition Statement) requirement.