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Rescission of DOE Guidance — Highway to NIL Podcast
NCAA Settlement Update — Highway to NIL Podcast
Title IX — Highway to NIL Podcast
Johnson Case’s Potential Impact on Colleges, NIL, and College Athletics — Highway to NIL
Are Colleges Prepared to Classify Student-Athletes as Employees?
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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 189: Student Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Irby Coard, UNC Professor
Serving the Diverse Needs of Children through Education Law: On Record PR
The Labor Law Insider—Dartmouth Men's Basketball Team Unionizes: Air Ball or Nothing But Net?
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - How Foreign Companies Can Protect Their IP and Brand in the U.S.
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In its final days, the Biden Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague Letter regarding misrepresentations made by third‐party service providers engaged by institutions of higher education. This new guidance, published...more
The U.S. Department of Education announced that it will officially enforce the 2020 Title IX regulations, enacted during former President Donald Trump’s first term. This move comes after a federal judge struck down the Biden...more
On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky ruled that the 2024 Title IX Regulations “are invalid and must be set aside.” Despite some ambiguity in the text of the decision, we concluded that the ruling likely...more
On January 9, 2025, a federal court in Kentucky vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations that had been adopted by the U.S. Department of Education and which have been in effect since August 1, 2024. (Tennessee v. Cardona (E.D....more
I am in my second year as the Interim Vice President for Campus Life at Lake Forest College, which marks my thirtieth year in a vice president role for student affairs. Our institution is a small, private liberal arts college...more
We are nearly at the one-month mark with the 2024 Title IX Regulations in effect. Since the August 1 implementation date, school administrators have been busy getting trained, preparing for the school year ahead, and sorting...more
ATIXA issues this position statement to advise members that we discourage institutions covered by the various injunctions from voluntarily implementing the 2024 Regulations on August 1, 2024....more
Now that the 2024 Title IX regulations have been released, what does your school need to do to be fully compliant by August 1? Over the next few months, our Franczek Title IX team will provide tips and information on key...more
On April 19, 2024, nearly two years after its July 2022 release of proposed amendments to the 2020 Title IX regulations, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued final amendments to the Title IX regulations, 34 C.F.R....more
Educational institutions are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s issuance of the amended final Title IX regulations. The deadline for releasing the new regulations has been pushed back several times...more
Welcome to the first issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024. In this edition, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: -...more
Title IX coordinators in higher education have a lot on their plates when it comes to complying with various federal and state regulations related to sex- and gender-based harassment, discrimination, and violence prevention....more
[Revised and updated from my previous blog post in August]. As you know, the Department of Education is empowered to craft regulations to fulfill Congress’ mandate for sex equity under Title IX. The Department (ED),...more
In the previous three newsletters, the authors reported about the recent challenges associated with the field moving towards a quasi-legal system. Yet, something we did not expand upon is how Title IX officers are coping with...more
In our second blog entry, “Barriers to Student Reporting,” we reported that a quasi-legal judicial system may produce increased barriers for reporting sexual misconduct cases and, therefore, have diminished effects on...more
In association with ATIXA, we set out to understand current thoughts, perceptions, and emotions underpinning Title IX administrators and their jobs. In this four-part mini-series, we discuss some of our findings throughout...more
If you’re like most of us in the Title IX field, the deeply technocratic nuances of federal regulation bore you to tears. I share your ennui. Please consider this your least complicated primer on how and when we may get the...more
What does Title IX mean to you? Title IX is endlessly fascinating, which is one of the reasons I love it so much. It is such a simple statement embedded in law, yet it has applicability in numerous and ever-evolving...more
The walls of Hogwarts don’t move, just the staircases. The walls – the superstructure – is immutable and remained (mostly) intact after Voldemort’s attack in Deathly Hallows. Liken that to the many lawsuits attacking Title IX...more
Picture this: you receive a complaint from a student who is a member of your school district or institution’s student newspaper alleging Title IX sexual harassment that involves a fellow member of the student newspaper staff....more
We want to share a quick Title IX update from the Department of Education. The Department just announced through a blog post that due to the large number of public comments it received regarding its proposed rules to Title IX...more
In this post, we continue our recap of recent Title IX-related news that you might have missed and noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023. Below, we cover recent federal government actions and proposals to bolster...more
The October 2022 release of the Department of Education’s resource for students and schools on Discrimination Based on Pregnancy and Related Conditions reminds Title IX Coordinators of their responsibility to address all...more
On January 9, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. we presented our first in a monthly series of “Title IX on the Nines” webinars. We were joined by over 100 people from the K-12 and college/university levels. We discussed the top five...more
As we’re nearing the end of the calendar year, many of you may be wondering where things stand with the Biden Administration’s proposed Title IX regulations. As we previously reported on this blog, the proposed Title IX rule...more