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Ohio CAMPUS Act 2024: New Policies for Addressing Ethnic and Racial Harassment in Higher Education

This summer, the Ohio House of Representatives passed the Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students (CAMPUS) Act. This law, if enacted, would require institutions of higher education throughout...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: New Title IX Rules: Navigating Compliance Across Campus

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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

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The Wait is Over: Department of Education Issues Final Title IX Regulations

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

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Significant Changes to Title IX Adopted by the U.S. Department of Education

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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

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What We Are Listening for in House Education and Workforce Hearing on Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism

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On April 17, 2024, the House Education and Workforce Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing to focus on Antisemitism in Higher Education. At the witness table will be the President of Columbia University Dr. Nemat...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

U.S. Department of Education Levies $14 Million Fine Against Liberty University under the Federal Clery Act

On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”) announced that Liberty University (“Liberty”) has agreed to pay a fine of $14 million for material and ongoing violations of the federal Clery Act. This...more

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Here’s How the Highly Anticipated Changes to Title IX Could Affect Colleges, Universities, and Public K-12 Schools

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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

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Are Legacy and Donor Admissions Soon to Become a Part of the Past? The Department of Education Strikes Back Following SCOTUS...

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On July 24, 2023, less than a month after the Supreme Court's landmark decision striking down affirmative action practices in college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched an...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

The U.S. Department of Education Launches an Investigation into Legacy and Donor Admissions Practices under Title VI of the Civil...

The U.S. Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s (“Harvard”) use of legacy and donor admissions preferences, following the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision to...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Event] Clery & Title IX Drive-In Conference (Higher Education) - August 3rd - 4th, Gambier, OH

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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

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Education Department’s Civil Rights Office Reinstates Complainant Protections, Systemic Investigations

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The revised Case Processing Manual (CPM) issued by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) outlines the procedures OCR uses “to promptly and effectively investigate and resolve complaints, compliance...more

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The U.S. Department Of Education’s Proposed Title IX Regulations: Expanding The Scope And Offering Options For Higher Education...

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

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OCR provides further guidance on Massachusetts court decision (VRLC)

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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

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[Event] Clery & Title IX Training Drive-In Conference - August 4th, Gambier, OH

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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

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[Ongoing Program] Higher education Title IX advisor training - February 18th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

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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

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[Ongoing Program] Level 2: Higher education Title IX investigator training - February 8th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

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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

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The Department of Education Opens an Investigation After University Acknowledges Embedded Racism

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Earlier this month, Princeton’s President sent a letter to the Princeton community to outline the University’s next steps to “address systemic racism at Princeton and beyond.” President Eisgruber showed his support for...more

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Avoiding a ‘train’ wreck: New Title IX training requirements

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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Education Department Tests its Schools: New Title IX Rule May Force Schools to Revamp How They Investigate and Resolve...

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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

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5 Steps for Colleges & Universities to Consider before Title IX Regulations are Released

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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

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Foreign Gifts to U.S. Educational Institutions Under Increased Scrutiny

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• U.S. institutions of higher education are required to report foreign gifts and contracts under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act. • The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into at least four...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Schools Should Begin Assessing Impact of Proposed Title IX Regulations

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

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New Jersey Attorney General seeks active role in ED investigations

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The New Jersey Attorney General, Gurbir Grewal, has sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Betsy Devos in which the NJ AG invites the ED to work with his office “to ensure that any investigations of fraudulent...more

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New Title IX Guidance: Steps To Take Now

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• 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

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Department of Education Rescinds Obama Era Guidance on Sexual Harassment & Provides Interim Rules

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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

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