Official Readout: Secretary DeVos met with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

What: Secretary DeVos meeting with APLU Members When: February 23, 2017 @ 2:00-3:00PM Where: Lyndon Baines Johnson Education Building Secretary's Conference Room 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Secretary's Conference Room Washington, DC 20202

List of Attendees

Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of Education

Presidents and Chancellors

Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, President Emeritus, Michigan State University Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University Angel Cabrera, President, George Mason University Robert Caret, Chancellor, University of Maryland System Waded Cruzado, President, Montana State University Mildred Garcia, President, California State University, Fullerton Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor, University of Kansas Ronald Green, Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mark Rosenberg, President, Florida International University Kirk Schulz, President, Washington State University Teresa Sullivan, President, University of Virginia Satish Tripathi, President, University of Buffalo, SUNY

APLU Staff

Jennifer Poulakidas, Vice President, Congressional & Governmental Affairs, APLU Craig Lindwarm, Director, Congressional & Governmental Affairs, APLU Jeff Lieberson, Vice President, Public Affairs, APLU Jack Cline, Director of Federal Relations, University of Kansas

U.S. Department of Education Staff

Jim Manning Taylor Hansen

Items Discussed

• College affordability and finding new and innovative approaches to reduce college costs
• Ensuring every student, and potential student, has the ability and access to pursue their educational goals and dreams
• Recent changes Title IX guidance
• Protecting first amendment rights of students on campus
• Importance of the Pell Grant program and year-round Pell Grants
• Helping colleges work better with the business community to ensure students have job-ready skills
• Reducing the regulatory burden on colleges
• Protecting student data
• Improving completion rates
• Importance of career and technical education

Facts about APLU

• APLU's membership includes 235 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems and affiliated organizations.
• Annually, 194 U.S. member campuses enroll 4 million undergraduates and 1.2 million graduate students, award 1.1 million degrees, employ 1 million faculty and staff and conduct $40.7 billion on university-based research.