On March 13, 2025, twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration to stop its plans to cut the U.S. Department of Education’s workforce by roughly half. The case is in the U.S. District Court for the...more
3/17/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Education ,
Educational Institutions ,
Federal Funding ,
Government Agencies ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Layoffs ,
Pending Litigation ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Separation of Powers ,
Trump Administration
On March 5, 2025, the National Education Association (NEA) and its New Hampshire affiliate (NEA-NH) sued the U.S. Department of Education, challenging a recently issued “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) that informed schools that...more
3/14/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Pending Litigation ,
Professional Associations ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Trump Administration
On January 9, 2025, in State of Tennessee v. Cardona, Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-072-DCR, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Title IX Final Rule that was issued by the U.S. Department of...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government agency that protects consumers in the financial sector, is potentially at risk following oral argument on October 3, 2023, before the Supreme Court of the United...more
10/26/2023
/ Appropriation ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Aid ,
Funding ,
Loan Servicing ,
Oral Argument ,
SCOTUS ,
Separation of Powers ,
Student Loans ,
Universities
The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear a challenge to a visa program that allows foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges and universities to work in the United States for up to three years. The...more
10/10/2023
/ Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Students ,
Funding ,
OPT ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
STEM ,
Unfair Competition ,
Universities ,
Visas