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Trump Issues 7 New Executive Orders Impacting Higher Ed and K-12 Schools, Ranging From DEI to Discipline to AI

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President Trump just issued a wave of education-related executive orders – seven, to be exact – impacting both higher education and K-12 schools. Educational institutions need to tune in and catch up, and we’ve compiled this...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Case Closed – University and Professor Reach Settlement After Four Years of Litigation

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In what might finally be the last chapter of a University of Oregon professor’s pay equity battle, the University and the now-retired professor, Jennifer Freyd, have settled Freyd’s case, with the University set to make a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Senate Dems Target For-Profit Colleges and Federal Student Loan Servicers and Collectors in Letter to Dept. of Education

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Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requesting information about how OCR “plans to address alarming racial...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Supreme Court Deals Affirmative Action Another Blow, But Impact on Colleges and Universities Likely Limited

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The U.S. Supreme Court continued its decade-long interest in the role of affirmative action in the higher education admissions process, and decided to uphold a state law banning the practice. In Schuette v. Coalition to...more

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Supreme Court Rules On Affirmative Action

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Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action is attracting a fair amount of attention in the news media. From an employment law perspective, the case likely will have little impact....more

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High Court Decision In Michigan Affirmative Action Case Leaves Requirements For The Consideration Of Race Untouched

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The U.S. Supreme Court held yesterday that a voter-approved ban on the use of race-based preferences for public university admissions does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The decision focused narrowly on whether the U.S....more

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Supreme Court Ruling Exposes Continuing Division on Use of Race in Higher Education Admissions

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Yesterday's ruling in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action shows that the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court remain fundamentally divided about the future of race-conscious admission policies in higher...more

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