On March 19, 2025 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued two updates: a list of eleven questions and answers on a website titled “What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work;” and a one-page information sheet co-issued with the Department...
On March 20, 2025 President Trump signed a long-anticipated Executive Order titled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities that directs the Secretary of Education to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the...
On March 10, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) announced that it sent letters to 60 colleges and universities “warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students...
Image Description: A black and white photo of a crowd of people at the 1993 ADA Anniversary March in New York City. In the front of the crowd is Judy Heumann and Justin Dart. Above them is a banner that reads “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere....
On March 5, 2025, the Attorneys General of Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia issued Joint Guidance regarding the Department...
On Friday, February 14, 2025, the Department of Education issued a Title VI Dear Colleague Letter that focused on the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The letter explained ED’s current interpretation that “[a]lthough SFFA...
