Legal Commentary

MA: Higher education shouldn't take a back seat to prisons
Higher education shouldn't take a back seat to prisons By Daily Hampshire Gazette Created 09/15/2008 Sen. Stan Rosenberg is right in being outraged by how the state Legislature is not prioritizing funding for public higher education (Guest Column, Sept...

Publication: Handbook for lawyers who are new to higher ed
The NACUA Handbook for Lawyers New to Higher Education, 2nd Edition Publication Type: Compendia Version: HardCopy Member Price: $150.00 Non-Member Price: $195.00 Edited by Melissa Rooker and William E...

The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education, Part 1
The Next Great Wave in American Higher Education by James Ottavio Castagnera Four distinct epochs or waves can be discerned in the history of higher education. This article argues that a fifth wave, perhaps the most revolutionary of all, has...

Law: Congress may consolidate tuition tax credits
GAO Summary: Higher Education: Multiple Higher Education Tax Incentives Create Opportunities for Taxpayers to Make Costly MistakesGAO-08-717T May 1, 2008 Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Federal assistance helps students and families pay for postsecondary education through several...

Law: Pope tips his hat to academic freedom
Read about his speech in the Chronicle of Higher Education. And in Inside Higher Education.

Second whistle-blower suit filed against Kaplan Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that another former Kaplan employee has filed a False Claims Act suit against the company.Kaplan Higher Education is accused of unlawfully compensating admissions recruiters, in violation of federal rules barring incentives...

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US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

Wrong Bus
Greenbrier County Board of Education agrees to $15,000 negligence settlement after dropping a 5-year-old off at the wrong spot.