Event Details About this Event At any given moment, colleges and universities manage hundreds, if not thousands, of contracts reaching all areas of campus operations. Depending on an institution’s size, it can be nearly impossible for campus counsel to review every contract. Therefore, officers and employees on campus are often granted delegated signature authority to […]
Event Details About this Event More and more institutions of higher education are creating ombuds offices on campus. Their unique roles are sometimes not fully understood or effectively leveraged to complement formal resolution channels. Please join NACUA and cooperating organization, the International Ombuds Association, for a complimentary overview of the practice of organizational ombuds, including: […]
Event Details About this Event In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued its opinion in the race-conscious admissions cases, the federal and state policy and enforcement frameworks around admissions have already shifted in significant ways with new challenges to legacy admissions and race-conscious scholarships surfacing at an increasing rate. On June 29, 2023, attendees of […]
Event Details About this Event On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, published a new Final Rule governing Gainful Employment programs and, separately, a new Financial Value Transparency Framework that would apply to “nearly all academic programs at postsecondary institutions.” The Department will establish performance benchmarks for each program […]
Event Details About this Event As institutions of higher education deal with the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its increasing significance in the academic landscape, practitioners must equip themselves with the knowledge to advise on and navigate the technology effectively. When utilized responsibly and ethically, AI can provide various educational benefits, including enhancing efficiency, accessibility, […]
Event Details About this Event UUnion organizing and other labor actions are sweeping campuses across the country. Counsel are intimately tied up in these activities as clients look to them for answers and advice in navigating this complex landscape of higher education labor relations. Join us for a two-hour exploration of ethical challenges on college […]
Event Details About this Event State legislatures have always had significant power over college and university budgets and operations. However, in recent years, legislatures across the country have decreased deference to higher education and ramped up their involvement and interest in daily campus operations. This new reality requires campus counsel to be involved in actively […]
Event Details About this Event With declining enrollments and an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment, higher education faces an era of institutional consolidations. Yet, just as institutions need to become more agile, the Department of Education’s recent rulemaking on changes in ownership has added new layers of expense and risk to the already entangled […]
Event Details About this Event On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, released its latest Title IX regulations. As anticipated, the Final Rule makes several significant departures from the 2020 Rule, by expanding Title IX’s scope, including expanding the definition of sex-based discrimination and harassment, and broadening what triggers […]
Event Details About this Event The Pregnant Workers Fairness (PWFA) and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Acts were signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. PWFA requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee’s known limitations correlated with pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so will cause the […]
