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Strampel was initially charged as part of the Michigan special prosecutor's investigation into how Nassar was able to abuse hundreds of girls and women throughout his two-decade career.

Court cases going back to the 1939 Internal Revenue Code have repeatedly held that part-time or adjunct faculty members are common law employees of the schools for which they teach.

So began a decision out of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon last month, which dismissed a lawsuit brought by Jennifer Freyd.

The National Labor Relations Board issued three important decisions this week that will significantly impact private colleges and universities.

On the eve of a new college football season, the referees at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) got it right on instant replay: they called off the game.

The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) released its long-awaited proposed amendments to the regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The Fourth Circuit in a case of first impression held that Title IX entitles transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

On August 17, 2015, the NLRB declined to assert jurisdiction in Northwestern University and College Athletes Players Association, the union-organizing case involving grant-in-aid scholarship football players at Northwestern University.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a New Orleans charter school was not a "political subdivision" exempt from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Inspiring a torrent of "punt"-related puns, the National Labor Relations Board on Monday declined to assert jurisdiction over the unionization effort of scholarship football players at Northwestern University.

Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board unanimously decided that college football players at Northwestern University cannot comprise an appropriate bargaining unit.

On May 26, 2011, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an online FAQ document discussing how OCR believes the "equal access" requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1964 (Section 504) apply to the use of emerging technology such as electronic book readers, online application processes, and websites in higher education.

Following a week-long trial in May, an Iowa jury concluded that Bedford High School was negligent in the way it handled a head injury to former high school freshman football player Kacey Strough.

Jeffrey Sultanik was quoted in the Lehigh Valley Live article "Saucon Valley Teachers Urge State Labor Relations Board to Rescind Complaint."

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a transgender student demonstrated a likelihood of success on claims that his school district's decision to prohibit him from using the boys' restroom...

In the last year, federal regulators have sharpened their focus on the efforts made by colleges and universities to respond to reports of sexual assault.

The U.S. Department of Education will soon be under new management, and it's anticipated that the agency's new leadership will debut an ambitious and sweeping regulatory agenda.

With the recent buzz about President Donald Trump's removal of federal protections for transgender students that were implemented under the Obama Administration, the states and school systems have been left...