April 7, 2008
Last week, KU was represented at the monthly AAU federal relations meeting. Topics discussed included endowments and ongoing examination of the issue in relation to tuition and college costs. Also discussed was a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing entitled "Examining Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions at U.S. Colleges and Universities." Yale President Richard Levin and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau of UC-Berkeley testified at what was a friendly hearing that let the schools talk about their campus strategies for controlling/limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
As an active member of the AAU Council on Federal Relations, KU arranged for a group of universities to lobby in support of important issues. For example, KU lead a group of universities to meet with Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas about funding the National Endowment of the Humanities at $177 million. Rep. Tiahrt is the senior Republican on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that funds NEH. KU also joined several AAU schools in meeting with senior Senate Appropriations Committee staff to discuss funding for student aid and increased National Institutes of Health Funding.
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