When administrators trample professors’ or students’ rights, litigation often ensues. The same is true when campus practices touch the culture wars, matters of constitutional interpretation, or ongoing political disputes. The following articles look at pending, prospective, and concluded legislation in the higher-ed arena. How are the courts directing what happens in American lecture halls and on the campus and quad?
In February 2025, a newly installed Trump Department of Education (ED) issued a so-called Dear Colleague Letter. The letter put educational institutions on notice that ED intended to enforce the…
When professors in public universities teach their classes, are they engaged in government speech pursuant to their job duties, with First Amendment rights equal only to those of other government…
The DEI practices at America’s colleges and universities have been justly criticized for being anti-meritorious, unconstitutional, racist, and costly. However, a recent lawsuit against UCLA’s medical school suggests that its…
If ever a case made plain the clash of values between freedom of speech and the desire of college administrators to compel everyone to support their “progressive” beliefs, Reges v.…
For decades, the higher-education establishment was allowed to do pretty much whatever it pleased. That included promoting programs and policies to benefit what were termed “underserved groups.” An array of…
Picture this: You’re a high-school senior who just scored early admission into your dream university. You’re elated … until you realize you’ve also locked yourself into whatever financial-aid package the…
So strong is the desire for “diversity” (at least racial diversity) in higher education that school and college officials often turn a blind eye to the law against racial discrimination…
The Los Angeles Film School is caught up in a scandal over its alleged efforts to trick students into believing that its graduates do extraordinarily well in the Hollywood job…
So strong is the gravitational pull of “wokeness” that it has caused many college and university leaders to approve of appalling treatment of faculty members who dared to question the…
Despite the best efforts of its media lackeys, Harvard University has spent the better part of the past two years going through the meat grinder of bad publicity. Is this…