Legislative Letters 8-5-19
The President has signed the spending cap deal, leaving Congress until October 1st to get all twelve appropriations bills (or continuing resolutions) on his desk or the government will shut…
Advocacy Summit and Legislative Action Days (LAD)- Fall 2019
Graduate and professional education has never been more important for our nation and yet it faces so many challenges. The time to tell our story is now. Congress will not…
National Conference and Leadership Academy 2019
WELCOME TO THE 33ND ANNUAL NAGPS NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PAGE! Accommodations: Booking a hotel room in the NAGPS Block: The method of the reservation is by phone call only to Cameron…
Legislative Letters 7-22-19
A spending caps deal has been reached (though not released), and the House is planning on voting on it this week before the August recess, a recess that puts Congress…
Legislative Letters 7-8-19
The Senate has stopped waiting. They’ve begun negotiating their spending bills, while the House is almost done (only two left to go!). But time is running out, and the Senate…
Legislative Letters 6-24-19
Still no progress on coming to a spending cap deal, but the House isn’t waiting: They just passed their first minibus, which includes funding for education. The Senate, on the…
Legislative Letters 6-10-19
China’s ministry of education has warned students interested in studying in the U.S. about potential difficulties getting visas as many U.S.-Chinese research collaborations have become the focus of intensified scrutiny.…
What We Do
NAGPS is the only entirely student-run, volunteer organization representing graduate and professional students at private and public universities throughout the United States. Since 1986, NAGPS has advocated on behalf of…
Legislative Letters 5-27-19
International students, watch out: You now have to pay an additional $150 to apply for a U.S. visa, a change that comes at the same time that the White House…
Legislative Letters 5-13-19
The student loan crisis is driving the day: A new poll finds that 2/3rds of Americans believe it’s a significant threat to the economy. This sentiment is apparently mirrored by…