CGS issued a joint statement with ETS applauding President Obama's call for the U.S. to have the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020, noting that pursuing this goal would greatly increase the number of Americans on a potential pathway to graduate school.  (8/11/10)

Letter from the higher education community responding to Department of Education's first set of proposed rules (NPRM) on "program integrity" issues.  (8/2/10)

Response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy's Request for Information on responding to "grand challenges" of the 21st century. (4/13/10)

Letter from the higher education community expressing support for the higher education provisions in the budget reconciliation bill under House consideration.  (3/19/10)

Letter from the higher education community expressing support for the Administration's proposal to expand the Income-Based Repayment option for student loans.  (2/24/10)

Statement on the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal.  (2/4/10)

Letter to leadership of House Education & Labor Committee, expressing concern about a legislative proposal to eliminate subsidized federal loans for graduate students.  (7/16/09)

Letter to four Members of Congress thanking them for requesting the National Academies undertake a study of research universities.  (6/25/09)

Letter to Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee leaders urging them to provide Fiscal Year 2010 funding for the Deparment of Energy's proposed Re-ENERGYSE program.  A similar letter was sent to the House.  CGS also signed onto a letter from the higher education and scientific communities.  (6/24/09) 

CGS signed onto a letter from the higher education community requesting continued funding for federal programs that support Minority-Serving Institutions.  Letters were sent to Senate and House education and appropriations committee leadership.  (6/19/09)

CGS was a signatory of a statement from the higher education, scientific, and medical communities on "Visa Problems Harming America’s Scientific, Economic, and Security Interests."  (6/10/09) 

Letter to Senate and House Appropriations LHHS Subcommittees urging them to increase Fiscal Year 2010 funding for the McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.  (5/29/09) 

Letter to Senate and House Appropriations leaders urging them to increase Fiscal Year 2010 funding for the GAANN and Javits Fellowships programs.  (5/19/09) 

Comments submitted to the National Science Foundation on its new Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research requirement for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows supported by NSF grants.  (3/31/09) 

CGS signed onto a letter supporting the reintroduction of the Roosevelt Scholars Act, which would create scholarships for graduate students who commit to working for the federal government.  (2/18/09)

Letter to House and Senate conferees on the economic recovery legislation, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  (2/11/09)

Statement to President-elect Obama's transition team offering policy recommendations on the value of graduate education.  (11/21/08)

Letter urging the Senate to return to the issue of immigration reform.  CGS asked Senators to streamline the process for international graduate students, and for any new system to give preference to immigrants with graduate degrees from U.S. universities.  (6/18/07)

Letter to Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), urging him and the Senate Finance Committee to exempt from taxation the portion of graduate fellowship stipends for living expenses.  (3/22/07)

Statement supporting graduate education in the humanities, social sciences and the arts. (1/07)

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