In a much anticipated decision, Judge Allison Burroughs of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts held this week that Harvard College’s admission’s policy, which considers race among many factors, is lawful....more
10/4/2019
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Compelling Governmental Interest ,
Diversity ,
Harvard University ,
Race Discrimination ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
Title VI ,
Unduly Burdensome ,
Universities
Upending recent precedent, the National Labor Relations Board, yesterday, proposed a rule that, if adopted, will exempt from the NLRB’s jurisdiction undergraduate and graduate students who perform services in connection with...more
9/25/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Colleges ,
Graduate Students ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Private Schools ,
Proposed Rules ,
Student Employees ,
Students ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unions ,
Universities
In its groundbreaking decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 US ___, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018), the Supreme Court held that the National Labor Relations Act permits employer/employee agreements that contain class- and...more