Category Archives: Higher Education

Supreme Court Overturns Affirmative Action Precedent in Higher Education

By Evandro Gigante, Rachel Fischer and Olympia Karageorgiou on June 29, 2023 Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Higher Education

On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199 (June 29, 2023), that the race-conscious admissions programs at one public and one private institution covered by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act violated the Equal Protection Clause of the … Continue Reading

NLRB Prevents Northwestern Football Players from Unionizing; Refuses to Play the Game as to Whether College Athletes are Considered Employees

By Ian Plummer and Susan D. Friedfel on August 17, 2015 Posted in Higher Education

On August 17, 2015, nearly seventeen months after a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Regional Director ruled that Northwestern grant-in-aid scholarship football players were considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), the NLRB unanimously changed course and declined to exert jurisdiction over the athletes’ petition, thereby reversing the lower decision. In Northwestern University, … Continue Reading

“Enough is Enough” – Governor Cuomo Signs Campus Sexual Assault Legislation

By Nicholas M. Tamburri and Susan D. Friedfel on July 8, 2015 Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Higher Education, Workplace Policies and Procedures

On July 7, 2015, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation to combat sexual assault on both public and private college campuses throughout New York. With a few exceptions, the provisions in the law will take effect within 90 days, on October 5, 2015. The law mandates the notation of disciplinary action for … Continue Reading

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