On June 14, 2025, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed legislation amending state laws regarding protections for pregnant and parenting students and campus sexual misconduct policies. ...more
6/30/2025
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A recent federal law requires higher education institutions to take several new actions in 2025 to address incidents related to hazing.
The Stop Campus Hazing Act, enacted on December 23, 2024, modifies Clery Act...more
6/11/2025
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On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed several education-related Executive Orders, including one titled, “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education” (the “Accreditation Order”)....more
President Trump has signed an Executive Order titled, “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities,” directing the Secretary of Education to close the Department of Education to the “maximum...more
On June 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education issued an interim final rule (IFR) aligning student eligibility for CARES Act funds with eligibility requirements for Title IV student aid. Effective immediately, higher...more
Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened dozens of investigations into sex-specific scholarships and programming at colleges and universities across the United...more
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers must use the latest version – dated October 21, 2019 – for all new hires and...more
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that more than $6 billion is now available to higher education institutions to cover costs associated with significant changes in moving to a remote learning environment due to...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused most educational institutions to migrate face-to-face classes to an online environment. Among the myriad logistical and technological considerations accompanying this move to online courses,...more
Approximately $14 billion in grants will be distributed to U.S. colleges and universities that are working to weather the significant financial strain and operational disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds...more