CUPA-HR's Public Policy Agenda

The Public Policy Committee establishes recommended positions and priorities on legislative and regulatory issues impacting CUPA-HR members. The committee consists of the current CUPA-HR president, president-elect, past president, and chief executive officer. In crafting its recommendations, the Public Policy Committee relies on input from CUPA-HR’s government relations officer and Public Policy Advisory Groups, which are comprised of senior CUPA-HR members. The committee submits its recommendations for the full board's approval. View the association's current Public Policy Statement.

The Public Policy Statement serves as the roadmap for our advocacy in Washington, D.C. The association's government relations officer, located in Washington, D.C., monitors regulatory and legislative developments and works with policy makers and other associations to advance issues of importance to CUPA-HR members. CUPA-HR provides a variety of public policy communications to keep members up-to-date on the latest happenings on Capitol Hill and CUPA-HR's advocacy efforts, including:

• Public Policy News You Can Use
  Written by Josh Ulman, CUPA-HR's government relations officer, this column discusses actions and political maneuvering taking place on Capitol Hill of concern to higher ed HR.
• CUPA-HR's Advocacy Efforts
• Legal Watch
  Written monthly by Ira Michael Shepard, CUPA-HR general counsel, this column describes and reports outcomes on high-profile cases of interest to the higher education HR profession.
• Washington Insider Alerts
  These breaking news alerts give real-time status updates on public policy issues being closely monitored and advocated by CUPA-HR. Members receive an e-mail with a summary of the alert.