In 2006, voters in Michigan approved an amendment to the state constitution known as “Proposal 2” which prohibited public universities from considering race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in university student admissions and government hiring. Earlier this month in Coalition […]
In two recent decisions, the Illinois Appellate Court confirmed that Illinois courts are precluded, except in rare circumstances, from second-guessing the decisions of educational institutions regarding students. In both cases, the Appellate Court rejected pleas for mandatory injunctions that would […]
On April 4, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague Letter addressing sexual violence in schools. According to the Letter, the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination […]
A federal judge in Chicago recently ruled that the University of Illinois could not rely on the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) to shield its “clout list” from release under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act […]
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the use of race in admissions at the University of Texas, Austin (UT) was constitutional. But the victory for UT may be short lived, which serves as […]
In a 95-page decision, a Connecticut federal judge recently ruled that competitive cheerleading is not a varsity college sport for purposes of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The court did not foreclose the possibility that competitive cheer […]
On June 29, 2010, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education issued a joint letter to college and university presidents nationwide expressing concern that their institutions might be requiring students to use electronic book readers (e.g., Kindle, iPad) that are inaccessible to […]
Vice President Joe Biden announced that the Department of Education has implemented a new policy under which it will consider more rigorous factors to assess compliance by colleges, universities and secondary schools with Title IX’s mandate for equal athletic opportunities […]
