CASE NAME: Smith v. University of Oregon, No. A181980 (Or. Ct. App. 07/02/25).
CASE NAME: Smith v. University of Oregon, No. A181980 (Or. Ct. App. 07/02/25).
The first paragraph in my book, A Practical Guide to Enrollment and Retention Management in Higher Education, reads as follows:
Early on in her experience running a bachelor's degree program at a state prison in Lancaster, California, Taffany Lim found herself being taught by a student.
In my 30-plus years of being a registrar, I’m still surprised by how often FERPA issues come up daily. Whether it's answering a question from a department regarding a student's current address or responding to a call from a prospective employer wanting to verify a student's degree, the questions never seem to end. And that's the way it should be. That's also a good argument for continuous FERPA training.
CASE NAME: Santiago v. Northwestern University, et al., No. 24-cv-2058 (N.D. Ill. 06/16/25).
CASE NAME: Terrell v. Alabama State University, et al., No. 2:22-cv-00047 (M.D. Ala. 06/16/25).
The head of the largest direct provider of scholarships to Native students in the country has a secret. “It is not enough to just throw money at someone,” says Angelique Albert, the CEO of the Native Forward Scholars Fund.
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. — Managing free speech issues on campus can seem quite challenging in today's political and social environment. Stetson University's National Conference on Law and Higher Education gathered some of the nation's leading law and policy experts to discuss preparing for campus protests and unrest. Tyler Coward, Lead Counsel, Government Affairs, at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), moderated the panel, which included Jonathan Alger, President of American University; Frederick M. Lawrence, Distinguished Lecturer at Georgetown Law Center, and Secretary and CEO of Phi Beta Kappa Society; and Neal Hutchens, Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, and William “Bill” Thro, General Counsel, both at the University of Kentucky.
Even the most ardent climate change skeptics would acknowledge the earth is heating up and weather patterns are becoming more severe and erratic.
CASE NAME: Sailer v. Emporia State University, et al., No. 24-cv-1242 (D. Kan. 06/17/25).

