Leslie Dietiker<\/strong> of Wheelock College of Education & Human Development<\/strong> participated in the American Educational Research Association Consortium of University and Research Institutions Fall Policy Conference<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from September 28th to 30th.<\/p>\n Karen Jacobs, Emily Rothman, and doctoral students<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences<\/strong>\u00a0met with multiple Congressional offices during the American Occupational Therapy Association’s <\/span>Hill Day<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on September 19th.<\/span><\/p>\n Federal agencies suspended most operations and furloughed employees on Wednesday after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a short-term spending bill to keep the government operational. During the lapse in appropriations, the Department of Education will continue to disburse student aid and Grants.gov will remain open to accept electronic applications. Although federal agency officials will be unavailable to answer questions or conduct peer review activities, both the National Institutes of Health<\/a><\/strong> and the National Science Foundation<\/a><\/strong> advise investigators to continue following posted grant submission deadlines. The White House and lawmakers from both parties remain far apart in their negotiating posture, making a quick resolution to the shutdown unlikely.<\/p>\n Learn more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The University submitted a comment letter last week urging the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would establish a fixed length of stay of no more than four years for international students and scholars studying in the United States. The proposal would require F-1 and J-1 visa holders to apply for an extension to stay in the U.S. beyond a specific end date, replacing the current rule that allow them to remain for the duration of their academic program. BU’s letter details the vital role that international students and scholars play and how the proposed rule would create uncertainty, restrict academic mobility, and harm the country\u2019s global competitiveness. The Trump Administration is expected to issue a final rule after reviewing the nearly 22,000 comments it received.<\/p>\n Read the letter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BU IN DC Leslie Dietiker of Wheelock College of Education & Human Development participated in the American Educational Research Association Consortium of University and Research Institutions Fall Policy Conference\u00a0from September 28th to 30th. Karen Jacobs, Emily Rothman, and doctoral students\u00a0from\u00a0Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences\u00a0met with multiple Congressional offices during the American Occupational Therapy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17439,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17436\/revisions\/17439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN<\/h3>\n
\nBU SUBMITS COMMENTS ON VISA PROPOSAL<\/h3>\n
\nBUZZ BITS…<\/h3>\n
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