Event Details About this Event In a 5-4 ruling on August 21st, the Supreme Court lifted a stay on the cancellation of approximately $783 billion in NIH grants. The Trump Administration linked the canceled grants to DEI efforts. Notably, the fractured ruling held that legal challenges to the grant terminations were “contract disputes” which should […]
Event Details About this Event The beginning of the academic year comes with a renewed focus on immigration issues. SEVIS terminations, increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement activities, heightened scrutiny of non-citizens in the visa application process, and potential changes in hiring and workplace practices constitute some of the increasingly complex immigration challenges facing […]
Event Details About this Event On September 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Proclamation, “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” which instituted a $100,000 application fee for new H-1B visa applications and directed several executive branch agencies to initiate rulemaking to reform aspects of the program. A few days later on September 24, 2025, […]
Event Details About this Event Colleges and universities continue to encounter novel and complex disability accommodation issues. The advice of counsel is increasingly required to balance the many legal, compliance, and practical factors at play to arrive at a positive and reasonable accommodation outcome for all involved parties. The legal and policy landscape surrounding disability […]
Event Details About this Event Colleges and universities across the country have long grappled with responding to complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab discrimination and harassment. Over the past two years, institutions have been subject to numerous government investigations into the aftermath of their responses to campus protests and unrest following the attacks on October […]
Event Details About this Event On October 1, the U.S. Secretary of Education invited nine universities to enter into a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The Compact essentially proposed the following agreement: access to “multiple positive benefits” including preferential access to federal funds in return for adherence to a slew of substantial administration […]
The world of employment and labor law is evolving at a breakneck pace. Executive branch action and court rulings have caused sweeping changes to many areas, such as hiring international faculty, student-athlete status, and employment-related Title VI and DEI challenges. Higher education attorneys and administrators are tasked with spotting important trends, managing ever-higher levels of […]
Event Details About this Event Today’s rapidly changing higher ed legal landscape creates many challenges for college and university counsel as they work to provide timely and sound legal advice to their university clients while also ensuring that they adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards. As new federal and state laws, executive orders, […]
Event Details About this Event International contracts play a major role in the increasingly complex global landscape of higher education. While these contracts enable global partnerships, study abroad, international campus operations, and research collaborations critical to the mission of higher education institutions, they pose challenges seemingly around every corner for college and university counsel. Counsel, […]
Event Details About this Event The first year of the Trump administration brought widespread changes impacting higher education. Please join us for this audio-only briefing, in which Jonathan Fansmith, Senior Vice President for Government Relations and National Engagement at the American Council on Education, will deliver a Washington Update summarizing the latest developments, reflecting on the last year, and providing potential insights for 2026. Please contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues […]
