On May 14, 2025, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), and dozens of other higher education associations of which LMU is a member issued a joint statement urging the restoration of longstanding partnerships between American universities and the federal government.
The letter underscores the vital role of higher education in driving national progress and strongly opposes recent federal actions that threaten institutional autonomy, research funding, and campus diversity. Signatories call for the immediate release of frozen research funds and reject the imposition of federal conditions on university admissions, academic programs, and faculty governance.
LMU remains actively engaged in state and federal advocacy, engaging with national associations and policymakers, to underscore the harmful impacts these proposed cuts and changes would have on students and community.