Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Rescission of DOE Guidance — Highway to NIL Podcast
DOE Guidance and DOJ Statement of Interest — Highway to NIL Podcast
Title IX — Highway to NIL Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Developments Affecting Student Loan Origination and Servicing
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Responding to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan and its Potential Legal Repercussions
A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to Title IX
New Title IX Regulations: A Seismic Shift During a Pandemic (Webinar Recording)
Investigating Sexual Misconduct in High Education: Potential Pitfalls During Title IX Investigations and How to Avoid Them
Congressman: My Plan Would Reduce Student Loan Defaults: Video
As a longtime researcher and policy analyst in higher education, I’ve spent decades studying how federal law, regulation, and politics shape practice on the ground. In my keynote at the 2025 Joint ATIXA and NABITA Annual...more
Running a college has never been an easy job. But as this academic year draws to a close, higher education is experiencing new challenges with potential long-lasting impacts....more
Last month, the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Education (ED) announced the creation of a joint Special Investigations Team (SIT) to streamline Title IX investigations....more
The federal government just took a dramatic step to reshape Title IX enforcement – one that should prompt immediate action from all colleges and universities. On April 4, the U.S. Department of Education and Department of...more
K-12 school districts across the country now face a tight deadline to navigate a minefield with significant legal and funding implications. ...more
Navigating the ever-changing landscape of Title IX requires a strong training foundation and a dependable support network....more
On April 19, 2024, the US Department of Education issued the final version of its new and long-awaited Title IX regulations. The Final Rule’s release follows a notice-and-comment period that drew over 240,000 comments from...more
Schools that have been anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s final regulations enforcing and interpreting Title IX need wait no longer. The department issued final regulations last week that will govern sex...more
On April 19, 2024, the United States Department of Education (the “Department”) released its long-awaited final rule amending Title IX regulations. School districts will need to prepare to implement the new regulations as...more
The Department of Education (DOE) is expected to issue two major amendments to Title IX regulations next month that could cause headaches for educational institutions with classes already in full swing. One rule will address...more
Please join the Ohio Five, in conjunction with Kenyon College and Bricker & Eckler, for a Clery and Title IX training. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain their annual Clery Act training requirements, and...more
Takeaway: The latest proposed amendments to the Title IX regulations would expand the scope of Title IX (by geography, time, and type of sex discrimination), create new obligations for higher education institutions, and...more
In a publication posted last week, we told you about a recent decision from the United States District of Massachusetts, Victim Rights Law Center, et al. v. Cardona, and the potential impact this decision might have on your...more
Please join the Ohio Five, in conjunction with Kenyon College and Bricker & Eckler, for a drive-in Clery and Title IX training. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain their annual Clery Act training requirements,...more
Bricker & Eckler’s higher ed team is pleased to announce a full series of Title IX trainings, all available via online webcast. All training events use discussions of hypothetical situations to encourage engagement with the...more
As announced in our previous article titled “Updated Title IX regs to change the way colleges respond to sexual harassment allegations”... the U.S. Department of Education recently updated its regulations to Title IX of the...more
While COVID-19 has forced the closure of schools across the country, the United States Department of Education (“ED”) has issued much-anticipated rule that will impose significant new obligations for schools - in particular,...more
It has been well over a year since the Department of Education issued its proposed regulations under Title IX of the Higher Education Act for notice and comment and we are quickly coming up on the first anniversary of the...more
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Education released proposed Title IX regulations that would dramatically redefine schools’ obligations related to allegations of sexual misconduct. The proposal would also require...more
• The U.S. Department of Education rescinded two major Office for Civil Rights guidance documents interpreting the application of Title IX to reports of sexual misconduct. • Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stated that...more
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") this morning formally rescinded its April 4, 2011, Dear Colleague Letter as well as the April 29, 2014, Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence....more
In a long-anticipated move, the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights withdrew the Obama Administration’s 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence this morning, as well as its Questions and...more
On Friday, September 22, 2017, when the Trump administration announced that it was rescinding Obama-era Title IX sexual assault guidance and issuing a new question and answer document while undertaking a formal review, most...more
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported that, on June 8, 2017, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) distributed an internal memo containing new guidance that will provide regional offices...more