Each week as the new presidential administration takes shape, we get a clearer picture of how its priorities will affect federal agencies, and how those changes will affect the employers and educational institutions that...more
2/19/2025
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Agencies ,
NLRB ,
OCR ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Some of us measure our year in weeks, months, or, for the readers of this article, likely by the school calendar. The Supreme Court, however, has its own measurement. The Court operates, hears cases, and issues rulings each...more
2/6/2025
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Charter Schools ,
Colleges ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equal Protection ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Students ,
Transgender ,
Universities
In a case that serves as a healthy reminder of the importance of drafting and abiding by clear disciplinary policies, an Illinois Appellate Court recently held that a College did not violate a student’s due process rights...more
12/10/2019
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Code of Conduct ,
Colleges ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Due Process ,
Educational Institutions ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Students
On Tuesday, the Board of Governors of the NCAA unanimously voted to reverse its longstanding policy by permitting students participating in athletics to benefit from the use of their names, images, and likenesses in licensing...more
10/31/2019
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Broadcasting ,
Bylaws ,
Colleges ,
Endorsements ,
Fair Compensation ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Pay-To-Play ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Sales ,
Student Athletes ,
Universities
The seemingly never-ending debate over private sector college- and university-student employment status continues. On Friday, September 20, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its intent to propose a rule...more
9/30/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Colleges ,
Comment Period ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Graduate Students ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Student Employees ,
Students ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unions ,
Universities
We previously reported, in 2016, that the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision in Columbia University that paved the way for graduate students to unionize at private higher education...more