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DE Under 3: SCOTUS Finds “Race-Based” Admissions Practices At Harvard and UNC Unlawful
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JONES DAY TALKS®: Operation Varsity Blues and the Need for Internal Controls at Academic Institutions
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UHLC Pre-Law Pipeline Program: Diversifying the Legal Profession, One Student at a Time
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While the 2025 calendar year was winding down, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) quietly announced that they had received approval for the added IPEDS data collection, Admissions and Consumer Transparency...more
Key Takeaways: President Trump made higher education a focus of his second term, and his administration has targeted colleges and universities in various spaces, including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Title VI, Title...more
We interview Nobel Laureate David Card, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, to gain his perspectives on analyzing alleged discrimination in pay and promotions, evaluating complex university admissions...more
On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education proposed adding the “Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS)” to IPEDS, narrowing applicability to selective four-year institutions, introducing targeted...more
Higher Education continues to be targeted by the Administration’s enforcement efforts to ensure compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws. Employment and admissions practices are subject to increased scrutiny by...more
With the comment period now closed on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) to its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), more than 3,400...more
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) survey may soon be seeing some significant updates based on a chain of memos and proposals recently issued by President Trump and the Secretary of Education, Linda...more
The White House just delivered a proposal to nine institutions of higher education that would reportedly allow them to gain preferential access to federal grants and potentially other federal funding if they agree to certain...more
On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) proposed adding a supplement to the department’s annually updated data collection from postsecondary educational institutions that participate in federal student...more
In late July, two significant federal policy developments emerged from Washington, D.C. in the ongoing overhaul of college sports. On July 24, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Saving College Sports”...more
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced it will require institutions of higher education to report additional data relating to admissions processes. The announcement follows President Donald Trump's executive order...more
Directs the Secretary of Education to overhaul and expand the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to ensure greater transparency in college admissions practices. Mandates technological upgrades, enhanced reporting...more
The settlement in House v. NCAA (“House Settlement”) was formally approved by Judge Claudia Wilken on June 6, 2025. The House Settlement is poised to bring significant changes to the landscape of college athletics, with...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed this week that it will be using the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate recipients of federal funds that the agency determines have certified compliance with federal...more
On May 15, 2025, the New York Times reported that the Trump Administration has opened a False Claims Act (“FCA”) investigation into Harvard University’s admissions procedures. Michael C. Bender & Michael S. Schmidt, Trump...more
Another school year is winding down, and educational leaders perhaps have never been more ready for summer break. From the Trump administration’s significant policy shifts to deeply consequential litigation playing out to...more
On May 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Dear Colleague Letter on Nondiscrimination Requirements for Medical Schools on the Basis of Race, Color, and National Origin pursuant to Students...more
In this episode of Highway to NIL, Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys Cal Stein and Chris Brolley discuss the recent developments in the House litigation. The episode covers the highlights and concerns raised during the final...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has declined to sign a certification form issued by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which asked all state education agencies to affirm compliance with federal...more
A federal civil rights agency just announced that it will be investigating more than 50 higher ed institutions to determine whether they violated federal law by making race-based decisions in their graduate and scholarship...more
Chris Brolley, an associate in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Health Care + Life Sciences Industry Group, was quoted in the February 23, 2025 The Daily Princetonian article, “Trump, NCAA Changes Won’t Directly Affect NIL at...more
OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION - On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”, EO 14173....more
It has been over a year since the Supreme Court issued its decision striking down Harvard’s and the University of North Carolina’s admissions policies in Students for Fair Admissions (“SFFA”) v. Harvard College and SFFA v....more
The use of race in college admissions has been a hot-button issue for decades and most recently came to a head in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll., 600 U.S. 181 (2023), where the...more
As McGuireWoods explained in previous alerts, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) left open several questions on its impact on higher...more