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Georgia Enacts Law Against “Commercial” Cheating

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Georgia has enacted SB 213, which amends Georgia’s Fair Business Practices Act of 1975 by banning commercial cheating services marketed to students and examinees seeking a professional license. The new law will go into effect...more

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Reflecting on Higher Education Compliance and Investigations Trends in 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024

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This is the fifth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

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NSF Suspends 18 Awards, Receives Repayments Related to Foreign Ties, Research Misconduct

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One university lost 14 awards; another, four. An investigator was suspended governmentwide. A public institution paid back more than $850,000, while two others returned nearly a million dollars....more

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Compliance Audits - How to Prevent Major Title IX Issues

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Institutions of Higher Education need to consider new approaches to Title IX compliance. We recommend proactive, periodic, non-incident related, and targeted operational compliance audits to get in front of Title IX issues...more

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OIG Details Debarment Recommendations In Misconduct Cases; NSF Cites Timing for Inaction

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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 8 (August 2020) - Despite data falsifications that were severe enough to require four retractions or corrections and which led to his demotion at a university and a redo of...more

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How to Navigate an Academic Misconduct Allegation

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Being accused of academic misconduct is frightening and can potentially derail higher education schooling, leave a student with debt, and no college degree. There are steps that students may take that can improve their...more

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Academic Fraud Investigations: What Universities Are Doing Wrong and How They Can Get it Right

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A panel of three professors posing inartfully phrased questions of a witness under oath, with members of the administration present, may not be the best way to gather relevant facts. Q: How do institutions of higher...more

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Provides Guidance to Private Universities on Faculty Discipline and Academic Freedom

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Many private colleges and universities have faculty handbooks and/or collective bargaining agreements that, among other things, establish internal disciplinary procedures and make promises to faculty about academic freedom....more

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Is the NCAA Out of Bounds on Academics?

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An ongoing controversy regarding fraud and academic dishonesty among student-athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC”) has brought to the forefront an important question: Who is responsible for...more

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