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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
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The US Department of Education recently abandoned its legal defense of controversial guidance that sought to ban DEI programs at colleges and universities nationwide. On January 21, the Department quietly dismissed its appeal...more
Establishing a new campus-based Office for Civil Rights or Title IX office can feel like building the plane while flying it. When you’re the inaugural coordinator with no preexisting budget, it can be daunting to determine...more
The U.S. Department of Education, on Jan. 21, 2026, withdrew its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit aimed at defending its anti-DEI Dear Colleague Letter issued last year. The Trump Administration’s...more
On January 21, 2026, the United States Department of Education ("ED" or the "Department") stipulated to the dismissal of its appeal in American Federation of Teachers, et al v. U.S. Department of Education, which had been...more
The Trump Administration has withdrawn its appeal in a lawsuit challenging the Department of Education’s efforts to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in school districts and colleges throughout the...more
As the civil rights landscape evolves, many Title IX Coordinators now oversee broader areas of compliance, including Title VI (race, color, or national origin), Title VII (employment discrimination), Section 504 and the ADA...more
After a year of significant upheaval for higher education institutions, additional changes are on the horizon in 2026. The most recent Unified Agenda, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and other developments mean additional...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
On December 10, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published a final rule amending its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. DOJ published...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
As civil rights law practitioners, we often find ourselves tracing the edges of complex issues, trying to determine where protected expression ends and discriminatory conduct begins. Nowhere is this more evident than in the...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
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
BLOG OVERVIEW: The Department of Education is proposing major changes to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to include new data on undergraduate and graduate admissions. The move, meant to increase...more
Harvard College ("Harvard") secured a significant victory in its effort to resist the influence of federal government policy preferences on its academic programming and governance on September 3, 2025, as the U.S. District...more
Following the vacatur of the Department of Education’s anti-DEI guidance, institutions receiving federal education funds may want to reevaluate compliance frameworks, policy positions, and academic governance under clarified...more
What began with the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) February 2025 Dear Colleague Letter has now unraveled into injunctions, stays, and ultimately a ruling that voided the guidance and its certification requirements...more
Law Professor Ramsi Woodcock was suspended from teaching at the University of Kentucky (UK) and barred from campus for posting a “Petition for Military Action Against Israel” on a website he manages. Eli Capilouto, president...more
On August 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a significant decision in American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education, holding that the Department’s demand that states and...more
On August 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the U.S. Department of Education violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the U.S. Constitution when it did not follow proper...more
On Aug. 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum entitled “Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions,” directing the Secretary of Education to “expand the scope of required Integrated...more
On July 29, 2025, the U.S. attorney general released a new memorandum providing guidance on the application of federal antidiscrimination laws for recipients of federal funding—including private and public colleges and...more
If you haven’t read the recent press releases from the Department of Education reflecting their summer enforcement focus around Title IX, below we’ll dive into what happened this month. Penn’s agreement with the Office for...more
As the legal and regulatory landscape evolves, Title IX, Title VI, and DEI practitioners are increasingly expected to understand how their work intersects with broader federal compliance frameworks. One such framework that...more