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  • Title VI Compliance: Preventing and Addressing National Origin and Shared Ancestry Discrimination and Harassment

    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 […]

  • Executive Branch Updates: Advising Clients on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education

    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 […]

  • Fall 2025 CLE Workshop: Employment Law

    Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. 2500 Calvert St NW, Washington, DC, United States

    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 […]

  • Ethical Obligations: Balancing Personal Beliefs and Professional Duties

    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, […]

  • All Around the World: International Contracts in Higher Education

    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, […]

  • Executive Branch Updates | The First Year: Washington Update

    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 […]

  • Winter 2026 Virtual CLE Workshop: Compliance

    Event Details About this Event Speakers Program Schedule TimeSession Topic12:00 – 12:10Welcome and Introductions13:00 – 13:10Grants v. Contracts14:00 – 14:10Funding Termination CLE FAQs Webinar Recording Members who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the […]

  • Executive Branch Updates | Admissions Transparency: What the ACTS/IPEDS Overhaul Means for Your Institution

    Event Details About this Event The second Trump Administration issued a sweeping set of changes to reporting requirements for Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data, in line with the Secretary of Education’s August 7, 2025 directive advancing a renewed focus on merit in college admissions and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard /UNC. Colleges […]

  • Title IX: Same Regulations, New Problems

    Event Details About this Event Colleges and universities are well-acquainted with the 2020 Title IX regulations implemented by the first Trump administration. However, the setting has changed. State laws that differ in key areas such as due process and gender identity directly conflict with federal law. The current Trump administration has made clear through Executive Orders and enforcement that gender identity is a key focus, forcing institutions to […]

  • Executive Branch Updates: The Legal Status of DEI in Higher Education

    Event Details About this Event Within the first 48 hours of being sworn into office in 2025, the Trump administration issued two Executive Orders: “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” (EO 14151) and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (EO 14173). For almost a year, a nationwide injunction enjoined provisions of the EOs in National Association […]