AERA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) submitted comments on the next iteration of the National Survey of College Graduates, encouraging the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) to incorporate a sexual orientation question into the 2025 NSCG cycle. (November 4, 2024)
AERA provided comments in response to the Request for Information on the forthcoming National Center for Education Statistics Data Users Conference. (October 31, 2024)
AERA submitted comments in response to a Request for Information (RFI) on the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Strategic Plan 2025. (October 11, 2024)
AERA sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee urging and supporting the confirmation of Dr. Adam Gamoran to serve as the next director of the Institute of Education Sciences. (September 30, 2024)
AERA submitted comments in response to a Request for Information on the National Institutes of Health draft public access policy and supplemental draft guidance on publication costs. August 19, 2024
AERA and COPAFS submitted comments on a Request for Information from the White House Office of Science Technology Policy to inform the development of a federal evidence agenda on disability equity. July 15, 2024
More Comments and Letters
AERA Provides Comments on NICHD Strategic Plan 2025 AERA Highlights, October 2024
President Biden Appoints Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Alondra Nelson to National Science Board AERA Highlights, October 2024
OMB Issues Final Trust Regulation Rule AERA Highlights, October 2024
NBES Holds Meeting with Focus on IES Theory of Action, Dissemination Efforts AERA Highlights, October 2024
President Biden Nominates Adam Gamoran as Next IES Director AERA Highlights, September 2024
NCSES Releases New Profiles of Research Doctorate Recipients AERA Highlights, September 2024
AERA Urges Inclusion of New Occupation for Education Researchers, Integration in STEM Framework in Comments on 2028 SOC AERA Highlights, August 2024
AERA Comments on NIH Draft Public Access Policy AERA Highlights, August 2024
NSF Seeks Input on Merit Review Principles, Comments Due September 20 AERA Highlights, August 2024
Senate Appropriations Committee Advances FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Legislation AERA Highlights, August 2024
House and Senate Move Forward on FY 2025 Appropriations Process AERA Highlights, July 2024
AERA and COPAFS Provide Comments on White House OSTP RFI on a Federal Evidence Agenda for Disability Equity AERA Highlights, July 2024
OSTP Issues RFI for Building Evidence Agenda for Disability Equity—Comments Due July 15 AERA Highlights, June 2024
NSTC Releases Three Reports on Reducing Barriers to STEM Participation AERA Highlights, May 2024
White House OSTP Releases Blueprint for the Use of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Evidence-based Policymaking AERA Highlights, May 2024
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In celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), AERA is amplifying stories from the field of education researchers whose work and accomplishments have been positively impacted by IES funding. Click the links below to read vignettes from the education research community.
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Danielle McNamara Arizona State University
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Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study) spoke at a special hybrid event for the American Association for the Advancement of Science Sections K and X, "Big Issues for Science Policy in a Challenging World," on October 3, 2023. The event was hosted by AERA in the AERA Convening Center. It was co-moderated by AERA Past President Barbara Schneider (immediate past chair, Section K; Michigan State University) and Adriana Bankston (Membership Engagement Chair, Section X; Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists).
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