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What You Need to Know Key takeaway#1 The DEI landscape is evolving quickly through recent presidential executive orders and lawsuits. Key takeaway#2 Monitoring and understanding changes in the law, especially [...]

President Trump has issued several executive orders relevant to institutions of higher education. Below we detail key provisions of these executive orders to help colleges and universities stay abreast of [...]

In 2020, the California State Legislature passed the California Consumer Financial Protection Law ('CCFPL') as AB 1864. This law provided the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ('DFPI') with authority [...]

The January 21, 2025, executive order entitled 'Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity' takes aim at 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI) and/or 'diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility' (DEIA) initiatives [...]

The landscape of free speech on university campuses in the UK has been evolving rapidly over the past months, with recent developments reflecting an increased focus on safeguarding free speech [...]

During his first week back in office, President Trump issued a broad executive action related to DEI and affirmative action. The document is sweeping, and I suspect that the new [...]

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order aimed at eliminating 'illegal' diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and protecting all Americans from discrimination based on race, color, religion, [...]

The Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order (EO) issued on Jan. 22, 2025, takes aim at diversity, equity and inclusion programs at institutions of higher education. (McGuireWoods' [...]

Last Friday, the Ninth Circuit reversed a District Court's decision upholding the U.S. Department of Education's determination that Grand Canyon University did not meet nonprofit status under the Higher Education [...]

Those considering studying in the Netherlands-or perhaps already an international student seeking clarity on rights and available work opportunities-are encouraged to understand the significant developments surrounding proposed changes to the [...]

Earlier this year, the Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities (the 'Minister'), Jill Dunlop, introduced legislation which would amend the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act (the 'Act'). Bill [...]

On July 17, 2024, Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal published a blog post -- 'Update on Department of Education's Postsecondary Education Regulatory Work' -- that served as a triumphal [...]

On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden promised that, if elected, he would implement a program to forgive federal student loan debt for millions of Americans. As the [...]

The Student Visa route is for applicants who are 16 or over and wish to study on a further or higher education course in the UK. Applicants who are between [...]

We are pleased to present Steptoe's inaugural higher education industry newsletter. In this and future newsletters, we will highlight major legal events, discuss interesting developments you may have missed, and [...]

On April 17, 2024, the Biden administration published a proposed rule that would amend current regulations to allow for certain student loan debts to be waived, potentially providing relief to [...]

It seems likely the Australian Tertiary Education Commission will become a reality within 18 months. If so, we will enter a phase of higher education policy and funding unlike anything [...]

Alabama enacted Act 2024-34 on March 20, 2024, prohibiting state agencies, local boards of education, and public institutions of higher education, from engaging in specific actions related to 'divisive concepts.' [...]

The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 is implementing new and more rigidly enforceable duties on students' unions (SUs). They require, among other things, relevant SUs to take 'reasonably [...]

Effective January 1, 2024, a new Texas law prohibits public institutions of higher education from, among other things, establishing or maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices or hiring or [...]

An analysis of the Onshore Campus Regulations and GIFT City Campus Regulations that govern the setup of India campuses by foreign educational institutions Summary There are broadly three options available [...]

On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education published its new Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment rule (the 'GE Rule'). This rule represents the agency's third effort at [...]

On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education published the final rule onfinancial value transparency and gainful employment (88 Fed. Reg. 70004). The regulation restores and expands an accountability [...]

On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education published the final rule for financial value transparency and gainful employment, which restores an accountability and eligibility framework for career training [...]

Highlights The Biden Administration recently published much-anticipated federal guidance on admission policies for institutions of higher education following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 29, 2023, decision in the Students for [...]

Listen to this post Last month, Connecticut joined a growing number of states in limiting colleges and universities from withholding transcripts when students have outstanding debt. Effective October 1, 2023, [...]

On May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published in the Federal Register the official version of its latest notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). While this proposed rule [...]

On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education ('Department') released proposed regulations spanning over a thousand pages which seek to 'establish the strongest set of safeguards ever to protect [...]

A number of amendments to the governing statute of the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) took effect January 1, 2023, impacting in-state and out-of-state institutions. The BPPE recently [...]

The last few years have been eventful and, at times, difficult ones for institutions of higher education. Institutions have been deeply impacted by issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, to [...]

In a major stride for the higher education sector in India, the University Grants Commission ('UGC'), on January 5, 2023, released the draft University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation [...]

A Q&A session with Richard Birke, JAMS senior vice president and executive director of the JAMS Institute, and Jennifer Sambito, JAMS client solutions manager. Since the pandemic, higher education institutions [...]

With the holiday season fast approaching, employers must plan and prepare for the general revelry that accompanies this time of year. Holiday parties, which often involve the consumption of alcohol [...]

On Thursday, October 27, the Department of Education (DOE) announced new regulations that carry out provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376) regarding oversight of-profit colleges, expanding Pell grants [...]

On October 27, 2022, the Ontario government tabled Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022. If passed, Bill 26 would amend the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities [...]

On June 18, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law the Higher Education Foreign Security Act of 2022 (the 'Act'), imposing new policy requirements on Louisiana postsecondary education institutions. [...]

On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a long awaited report scrutinizing the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) oversight of relationships between institutions of higher education [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased the use of the internet and digital platforms by institutions of higher education. While providing online content has great potential to improve the ways that [...]

The year 2021 has been one of the most significant ones for the Education sector in India in recent times, both from a regulatory and industry perspective. Since late 2020 [...]

On 4 March 2021, the Home Office published another set of changes to the Immigration Rules. New Graduate route The Government announced the new Graduate visa route a long time [...]

The All India Council for Technical Education ('AICTE') has published the AICTE (Open and Distance Learning Education and Online Education) Guidelines, 2021 ('AICTE Guidelines 2021' / 'Guidelines') on March 1st, [...]

In the days leading up to a national election, it can be challenging to navigate the waves of analysis and prognostication that flow forth from inside the Beltway, even when [...]

By 2030, Indonesia is projected to spend $42 billion educating its 135 million consumers. Yet it could also face a gap of 9 million workers educated to secondary and tertiary [...]

It all started with the 1982 Supreme Court case of Newburgh v. Arrigo. That is the case that lawmakers, judges and attorneys alike point to when they are asked the [...]

On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that upholds a Michigan law prohibiting the use of race as a factor in admissions to public colleges [...]

U.S. colleges and universities are increasingly embracing global learning and are enhancing student learning experiences by hiring talented faculty, researchers, and scholars from around the world. International faculty, researchers, and [...]

Section 18 of the AIA allows a defendant in a patent-infringement lawsuit to request a stay of that lawsuit pending resolution of post-grant review of a covered business method (CBM). [...]

Background This is the first in what we envisage will be regular surveys to provide insight into the Higher Education Sector, with the intention to canvass the views of Directors [...]

In May 2013, the Government commissioned an independent review looking at ways to reduce the regulatory burden on higher education providers. This came about predominantly in response to concerns being [...]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) legal system is a federal system comprising seven Emirates, of which Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the largest and best known. The right of non-Arabian [...]