Thursday, January 27, 2022

6 higher education lawsuits to watch in 2022 - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive

We're keeping an eye on cases including a challenge to affirmative action that could reach the Supreme Court and alleged price fixing by wealthy colleges. Several major pending lawsuits have the potential to crumble the pillars of long-standing practices in higher education, including whether colleges can consider race in admissions and whether faith-based institutions can be exempt from a federal sex discrimination law. Another high-profile case accuses top-ranked colleges of colluding to limit financial aid packages, while still another centers on the messy divorce between Liberty University and its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr. 

https://www.highereddive.com/news/6-higher-education-lawsuits-to-watch-in-2022/617005/