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Higher Education

  • Letter to The Honorable Judy Chu for Introducing the Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt (POST GRAD) Act of 2019 (H.R. 3418)
  • Letter to the House Committee on Education and Labor on Higher Education Priorities
  • Letter to the Senate Committee on Education and Labor on Higher Education Priorities

 

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Models of Care

 

Workforce

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs 

  • Brochure: Answering the Call for Care: Investing in Nursing Workforce and Research Matters
  • Story Map: Title VIII: Community Impact Across the Nation
  • One Pager: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R.728/S/1399)

​U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition

  • Statement: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act included in House-Passed National Defense Authorization Act
  • AACN joins members of the Nursing Community Coalition to Support U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition in final National Defense Authorization (NDAA) Act.
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