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Iowa Supreme Court Addresses Race-Restrictive Scholarships in Wake of SFFA Decision

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Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Ezra L. Totton, a distinguished Black professor of chemistry, bequeathed $35,000 to the University of Iowa to establish a scholarship for "Black students majoring in the physical sciences, preferably...more

Saul Ewing LLP

HUD Reverses Policy on Emotional Support Animals, Giving Colleges and Universities More Defenses

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Overview On May 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rescinded prior guidance applying the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to emotional support animals (ESAs). At the same time, HUD announced a new...more

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Why Have We Accepted that a College Can’t Expel a Student Post-Graduation?

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Every four years, post-election, many Americans come together to agree that the Electoral College is antiquated and dysfunctional. The losing side moans and groans and demands change, and then forgets about it for the next...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Ongoing Program] ODHE Title IX Writing Series - Best Practices for Writing Title IX Decisions - June 24th, 9:30 am - 11:30 am ET

This series will cover best practices for writing investigation reports and decisions in Title IX cases that comply with current regulatory requirements. Each training will take place across two days. The initial sessions...more

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SCOTUS to Decide Whether Employees Can Sue Schools for Sex Discrimination Under Title IX: What It Means for Your Institution

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Can an employee sue a federally funded school for sex discrimination in the workplace under Title IX? The Supreme Court has agreed to tackle this question next term, and its answer may have huge implications for higher...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Hidden Weapon in Sorsby’s Injunction: How a Lubbock County Court Order Quietly Neutralized the NCAA’s Most Powerful...

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On June 8, 2026, Lubbock County District Court Judge Ken Curry issued a temporary injunction in Brendan Sorsby v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Cause No. DC-2026-CV-0791 (99th Judicial District, Lubbock County,...more

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Can Employees Sue Their Institutional Employers Under Title IX?

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Can an employee sue a school, district, college, or university for sex discrimination? Yes, under Title VII. But under Title IX? That question is now before the Supreme Court. Last month, the Supreme Court granted...more

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Beltway Buzz - June 2026

The Beltway Buzz® is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Ongoing Program] ODHE Title IX Writing Series - Best Practices for Writing Title IX Investigation Reports - June 22nd, 9:30 am -...

This series will cover best practices for writing investigation reports and decisions in Title IX cases that comply with current regulatory requirements. Each training will take place across two days. The initial sessions...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Event] HR Boot Camp (Higher Education) - June 23rd, Columbus, OH

Time for a tune-up of your HR practices! Join the Bricker Higher Education team to discuss the latest case law, federal guidance, and best practices in hiring, evaluating, terminating, and everything in between. We’ll cover...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Event] AI and Student Conduct (Higher Education) - June 23rd, Columbus, OH

The evidence in student conduct cases is suddenly more questionable than it used to be. Is that video real? Are those text messages complete? And what about the volumes of correspondence that seem to be drafted by someone (or...more

TNG Consulting

Cooper Union, Protected Speech, and the Boundaries of Title VI Liability

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Gartenberg v. Cooper Union became one of the most closely watched campus antisemitism cases in the country after a federal court permitted the students’ Title VI deliberate indifference claims to proceed in February 2025. And...more

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Governor Vetoes Regents Venture Investment Requirement Bill

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On June 2, in the last list of bills in her term, Governor Reynolds vetoed five bills, including SF 2453, which would have created new requirements for Iowa’s three regents universities to invest their endowments into Iowa...more

McDonald Hopkins

College athletics at a crossroads: The competing federal visions for NIL, athlete compensation, and the path to collective...

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For the better part of a century, the NCAA governed college athletics on a foundational premise: that student-athletes were amateurs, that their compensation was properly limited to the cost of education, and that this...more

Fisher Phillips

Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Reshape College Sports: 3 Things Schools Should Do Now to Prepare

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After months of false starts on Capitol Hill, a bipartisan pair of senators is trying a different route when it comes to resolving issues around modern college sports. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.),...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Ongoing Program] ODHE Title IX Writing Series - Best Practices for Writing Title IX Decisions - June 10th, 9:30 am - 11:30 am ET

This series will cover best practices for writing investigation reports and decisions in Title IX cases that comply with current regulatory requirements. Each training will take place across two days. The initial sessions...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Ongoing Program] ODHE Title IX Writing Series - Best Practices for Writing Title IX Investigation Reports - June 8th, 9:30 am -...

This series will cover best practices for writing investigation reports and decisions in Title IX cases that comply with current regulatory requirements. Each training will take place across two days. The initial sessions...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

How the NCAA’s 5-in-5 Eligibility Proposal Impacts Youth and College Hockey

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On May 22, the Division I Cabinet proposed and discussed an age-based eligibility model (i.e., the 5-in-5 proposal) that would give student-athletes five years of eligibility, beginning either the academic year after turning...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Educational Employees Can Sue Under Title IX

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Can employees of federally funded educational institutions file lawsuits against their institutions under Title IX? To date, the answer to that question has depended on where the educational employer operates....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – Pope Leo XIV warns against unrestricted AI development in first encyclical letter, AI revolutionizing stock...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

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NCAA Prize Money Settlement: What K-12 and Higher Ed Leaders Need to Know

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Student-athletes will no longer have caps on the amount of prize money they can earn prior to college enrollment under a new settlement signed by the NCAA. The agreement to resolve litigation in Brantmeier v. NCAA permits...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Title IX Allows Sex Discrimination Claims by Employees

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving the ability of employees of educational employers to sue for sex discrimination under Title IX of the Educational...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Executive Summary: Protect College Sports Act of 2026

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On May 27, 2026, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Protect College Sports Act of 2026, which establishes a comprehensive federal framework governing collegiate athletics, focusing on Name, Image, and Likeness...more

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HUD Pulls the Plug on Emotional Support Animal Guidance: 5 Steps for Education Housing Administrators

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Federal housing officials just formally stripped emotional support animals of their protected status in housing, a sweeping policy change that will directly affect how college and university housing offices process...more

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Nurse Associations and Others Also RISE Up in Second Lawsuit Challenging Department of Education’s Final ‘Professional Degree’...

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The Department of Education’s Final RISE Rule (the “Rule”) narrowing the definition of “professional degree” under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OB3”) is facing immediate legal challenges on two fronts—and higher education...more

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