Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 16, 2024

Greenberg Tue, 04/16/2024 - 03:00 AM The authors of a new book argue that higher education institutions must adapt to the shifting legal landscape without losing sight of their fundamental values. ‘Lawsuits Will Happen’ Susan H. Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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University Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, a word of caution to institutions eyeing cannabis education – legal scrutiny looms large. While the education itself is legal, institutions must safeguard students from the legal implications of a Schedule 1 drug. Federally, cannabis remains a Schedule 1 drug and illegal , adding complexity to educational initiatives.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions in higher education. Drawing on the expertise of these civil rights organizations, the report examines the legal history of affirmative action in higher education and assesses the Supreme Court’s rulings in the Students for Fair Admissions cases.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It remains to be seen what indicators will be adopted to ensure the quality of GPT-based tools used in higher education classrooms. It also instructed the tool to revise the question in a way that identified a specific legal issue. I drafted a research question, then asked ChatGPT to suggest ways to make it a concrete legal inquiry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Testy Association of American Law Schools “I am deeply honored to have been chosen as Judy Areen’s successor and am committed to advancing excellence in legal education at a time of heightened challenges and changes in law and higher education,” said Testy. Kania Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

Higher education lawyers and advocates say the lawsuit is more about politics than a serious legal challenge—though others say it makes a compelling case. For 58 years, the accreditation system of higher education has stood, enshrined in federal law and reaffirmed with each reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

"We want to make sure that when we're expanding opportunities for everybody, we're doing it for all Minnesotans, regardless of background, regardless of their documentation status," said Senate Higher Education Chair Omar Fateh. 5-10% of students without legal status who graduate from U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education has announced its 2024 AAHHE Mildred Garcia Founders' Award recipient, Dr. David A. Dr. David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Harvard College and SFFA vs University of North Carolina (UNC) , higher education experts in California already know what the postsecondary world could look like without affirmative action, the consideration of race as one of many elements when deciding admission. Proposition 209, passed in 1996, banned affirmative action in California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2024

Walden was alleged to have been targeting Black and female students with this strategy, given that approximately 41% of the school’s doctoral student body is Black and about 77% are female, both disproportionately higher than nationwide rates, according to the suit. million, pending court approval. Notably, U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Supreme Court determines the legality of race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities, Bloomberg Law’s “UnCommon Law” podcast analyzes the legal issues around affirmative action in higher education in a three-episode series. Streaming on HBO Max. LISTEN: ‘UnCommon Law’. As the U.S. Host Matthew S.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As higher education institutions kick off the 2023-2024 academic year, the Supreme Court’s decisions from earlier this summer that struck down race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are slipping farther out of view in the proverbial rear-view mirror.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

government, alleging that it has historically discriminated against Black military veterans, denied them access to housing and education benefits, and rejected service-related disability claims at far higher rates than other veterans, Task & Purpose reported. A Marine Corps veteran is suing the U.S. The suit – filed Nov.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2023

Inside Higher Ed confirmed with Gino’s legal team Monday that the university sent her the tenure-review notice, but her legal team declined to share a copy of the full letter. Harvard University is reviewing an embattled business professor’s tenure for possible revocation.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

MinterEllison announced the acquisition of the higher education advisory specialist on October 4. But we will be able to collaborate more closely with the sector’s leading legal experts to best meet our clients’ needs.”

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Parents of Natasha Abrahart hope high court ruling will result in statutory duty of care for students The family of a disabled undergraduate who killed herself on the day of a “truly terrifying” oral exam have won the latest stage of a legal battle to compel universities to take more care of students struggling with their mental health.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The Chronicle asked legal and higher-education experts to share one key thing they will be watching for during Monday’s arguments. Chronicle illustration Left to right, top row: Liliana Garces, LaWanda Ward, Kimberly West-Faulcon. Bottom row: Art Coleman, OiYan Poon, Joshua Dunn. This is what they said.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Abraharts are one of 25 bereaved families who helped launch a parliamentary petition last October, calling on ministers to pass legislation to better protect students and arguing that their mental health, safety and wellbeing should be a government priority.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Fees from international students are forecast to become up to 66% of all course fee income for 70 higher education institutions across England & Northern Ireland by 2026/27, new research shows. Politicians are aware that the UK’s higher education is in a bind after years of government policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A decade-old policy change has allowed states to delegate their oversight authority regarding higher education to accrediting agencies, argues Student Defense, a legal advocacy nonprofit that assists students defrauded by colleges, in a new report.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

India wants to internationalise its higher education system and tackle brain-drain, as set out in the 2020 National Education Policy , while foreign institutions are keen to capitalise on the growing demand from Indian students. It leads to more questions than providing answers as to how this would work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Dr. Michael Bastedo The study, published in AERA peer-reviewed journal AERA Open , examined high school, ACT testing, and higher ed data from an anonymous Midwestern state’s education department to investigate the efficacy of “contextualized review.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Her role entails collaborating with multiple campus constituents, including faculty; the Offices of Academic Affairs; Student Affairs and Enrollment; and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Human Resources; Counseling and Wellness; Registrar; Public Safety and Security; Facilities; Communications; Information Technology; Legal Counsel; and others.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

European Degree label entails a complementary certificate to the qualification of students graduating from joint programmes, delivered in the context of transnational cooperation between several higher education institutions, based on a common set of co-created European criteria,” the European Commission described.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

The Great Admissions Redesign seeks to revolutionize the admissions process and increase accessibility to higher education for all students, particularly those not admitted in proportion to their shares of the U.S. population. It selected seven institutions who will receive a total of $3.1 million in implementation and planning grants.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While higher education leaders found plenty to be appalled about in the SCOTUS opinion , one of the most troubling aspects of it was its lack of clarity on core practical questions related to the consideration of race in student recruitment. Did it deliver on enrollment leaders’ hopes and expectations? The answer is complicated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whitaker has spent the last 13 years in higher education leadership in Sacramento and Oakland, California. Before higher ed, Whittaker had a legal career, with a focus on labor and employment, civil ligation, and civil rights. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

The decision was blasted by advocates of diversity in higher ed. The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education criticized the ruling. “ The Supreme Court has erred grievously in overturning decades of precedent that has affirmed the legality and value of race-conscious admissions practices.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Laura Rosenbury Rosenbury, the first woman to serve as dean at University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, is a women and gender legal theorist with experience and expertise on topics such as reproductive rights, children’s rights, and sexual harassment and abuse.

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The PIE News

MARCH 28, 2024

The resignation of the skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister Robert Halfon, the ninth minister in the role in the last 10 years, highlights the discontent in government over the future of higher education funding. Talk of universities being ‘allowed to fail’ abound.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2024

After a legal challenge that was ultimately dismissed , ED proceeded with the forgiveness effort. The Biden-Harris administration is trying to do everything they can within their legal authority to reduce student debt,” said Kelchen. This time around, the IDR Account Adjustment will bring about the approval of $4.9 Cardona, U.S.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

The potential for cannabis cultivation in the United States is so high that not even the Pope, who is against its legalization , could dissuade Saint Louis University (Mo.) Legalized cannabis is expected to be an estimated $150 billion industry by 2025,” program manager Stacy Godlewski said in a press statement. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

or higher; demonstrate leadership skills; establish financial need; and be a U.S. Citizen or legal permanent resident with a valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551. To be eligible, applicants must be enrolled full-time at a TMCF member school during the 2023-2024 school year; have a current cumulative GPA of 3.0

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is launching a new initiative to tackle the proliferation of alternative credential programs as higher education embraces new business models amid a changing landscape. One of the most exciting mediums for alternative credentials currently is micro-credentials.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 22, 2022

“I am eager to get back and continue providing the best possible experience for the students of Manchester Community College, as well as everyone else who is a part of the MCC community,” Esposito said in a statement provided through her legal counsel. Contacted by email, Steinmetz did not provide a comment to Inside Higher Ed.

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