Partner Letters

ARL advances our priorities by working in coalition with representatives from civil society, higher education, libraries, scholars, open science, research, technology, and trade. On this page you will find letters, comments, and endorsements that capture our positions on funding research and higher education; maintaining balance in copyright; facilitating full participation in the education experience for all students, including international students and students with disabilities; and calling for transparency and accountability in the federal government.

View our sign-on letters below.

Access to Government Information

Appropriations

Higher Education Policy

Intellectual Freedom

International Students & DACA Recipients

Personnel/Confirmations

• Demand Progress Letter Requesting Congress to Direct the Congressional Research Services (CRS) to Publish All Non-Confidential CRS Reports Online

  On December 13, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Members of the Joint Committee on the Library to publish CRS reports online, in accordance with the...

• Demand Progress Letter in Support of Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Legislation

  On November 5, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Senate leadership to consider the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA), which would strengthen congressional oversight...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Visa Flexibility for Afghan Students and Scholars

  On November 1, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to grant flexibility in the F-1 and J-1...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Higher Education Priorities in Budget Reconciliation Bill

  On October 27, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) with a broad coalition of education and social groups encouraging Congress to invest in...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Higher Education Investments in Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill

  On October 21, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) asking House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer to retain the level of higher...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Flexibility Needed for International Students and Scholars under New Travel Policy

  On October 14, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by American Council on Education (ACE) asking the Biden Harris administration to continue to grant flexibility as US travel policies change,...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Scholars and Students in Afghanistan

  On September 24, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter calling on House and Senate Leadership to support efforts and legislation to assist students and scholars who have been displaced by...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Education Priorities in Budget Resolution

  On September 9, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to Representative Bobby Scott and Representative Virginia Foxx, Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, call...

• Scholars at Risk Network Letter on Saving Afghanistan’s Scholars, Students, Practitioners, Civil Society Leaders, and Activists

  On August 17, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling on the US Department of State and other relevant US federal agencies to...

• American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Protecting DACA Recipients

  On August 4, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to House and Senate leadership and ranking members calling for Congress to provide permanent legal protections for Deferred Action for Childhood...