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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Trump Administration Investigates 60 Universities for Antisemitism Amid Escalating Federal Oversight of Higher Education: Key...

Paul Hastings LLP on 3/12/2025

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dispatched letters to 60 colleges and universities warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the...more

Embracing the In-House Culture Assessment

TNG Consulting on 12/12/2024

Consequent to increasing sectarian tensions on campus, ATIXA members tell us they are seeing a rise in anonymous racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic, pro/anti-Israel messages, and other discriminatory comments...more

Implementation Day Arrived, For Some. What’s Next?

TNG Consulting on 8/2/2024

On the morning of August 1, 2024, Title IX experts from TNG Consulting and ATIXA participated in a webinar hosted by the Department of Education (ED) regarding the 2024 Title IX Rule. During the session, U.S. Secretary of...more

Legal Challenges to the 2024 Title IX Regulations – What’s Next for Illinois Schools?

Franczek P.C. on 8/2/2024

Schools throughout the country are preparing to implement the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) long-awaited final 2024 Title IX regulations. These new regulations, which replace the 2020...more

OCR Update: Shared Ancestry and Ethnicity Discrimination Guidance

Franczek P.C. on 7/12/2024

In recent months, OCR has reached resolution agreements with a school district and two universities after investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment based on ancestry or ethnicity, including allegations...more

Pressing Pause: Explanations and Next Steps for Title IX Administrators Following Preliminary Injunctions

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/19/2024

In the past week, two U.S. District Court judges have issued preliminary injunctions halting implementation of the recently-released 2024 Title IX final rule....more

Department of Education Issues Dear Colleague Letter as Student Protests Continue

BCLP on 5/10/2024

Colleges and universities around the country have been dealing with increasingly violent and contentious student protests in recent months. Many have had to deal with student, parent, faculty, donor, and public criticisms...more

OCR Releases Resource on School Re-openings and Student Rights

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 5/18/2021

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has published an extended Q&A designed to support educational institutions in protecting student rights and interests within the context of both virtual and...more

OCR Guidance Could Alter Scope of Pending and Future Civil Rights Investigations

WilmerHale on 6/19/2017

A memorandum obtained by ProPublica, if authentic, sets forth substantially revised guidance for civil rights investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The memorandum,...more

Connecticut’s U.S. Attorney to Focus on Discrimination in Schools

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 1/15/2015

Educational institutions – including public and private schools, colleges, and universities – may have to defend various types of discrimination claims brought by students, and in various arenas. In addition to federal court...more

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