A special episode recorded live at MSCHE’s Annual Conference. Listen in as I chat with Katherine Brodie from Duane Morris about the issues she’s seeing in her higher education practice

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠⁠⁠Deborah Solmor⁠⁠⁠ In this episode, her guest is ⁠Tery Gonsalves⁠ – Partner at Alston & Bird In our last episode we looked at the Department of Education’s most recent suite of regulations impacting institutions’ participation in the Title IV program, specifically with respect to certification, financial responsibility and administrative capability.  In this episode we take a deeper dive into the provisions relating to certification and the Program Participation Agreement  Links to Additional Resources:  ·      ⁠Fact Sheet: Protecting Students Through Final Regulations That Strengthen Department of Education Oversight and Monitoring of Colleges and Universities⁠ ·       ⁠Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final Rules that Strengthen Accountability for Colleges and Consumer Protection for Students⁠  ·      Copy of Final Regulations related to Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, Ability to Benefit (ATB)⁠ ·      Education Advisory: Biden-Harris Administration Expands Oversight and Monitoring of Colleges and Universities https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2023/11/biden-harris-admin-oversight-of-colleges Listen in to #EdUpLegal. Making LegalEASY Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠⁠⁠The EdUp Experience⁠⁠⁠!  We make Education YOUR business 

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠⁠⁠Deborah Solmor⁠⁠⁠ In this episode, her guest is ⁠Tony Guida⁠ – Partner at ⁠Duane Morris⁠ Today we look at the Department of Education’s most recent suite of regulations impacting institutions’ participation in the Title IV program, specifically with respect to certification, financial responsibility and administrative capability.  Links to Additional Resources:  ·      ⁠Fact Sheet: Protecting Students Through Final Regulations That Strengthen Department of Education Oversight and Monitoring of Colleges and Universities⁠ ·      ⁠Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final Rules that Strengthen Accountability for Colleges and Consumer Protection for Students⁠ ·      ⁠Copy of Final Regulations related to Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, Ability to Benefit (ATB)⁠ Listen in to #EdUpLegal. Making LegalEASY Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠⁠⁠The EdUp Experience⁠⁠⁠!  We make Education YOUR business 

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory, and compliance matters - EdUp Legal! YOUR host is ⁠⁠Deborah Solmor⁠⁠. In this episode, her guest is Randy Frisch, President at City University of Seattle , an affiliate of the National University system. Tune in as we discuss the challenges facing smaller non-profit higher education institutions and considerations for strategic thinking about system models and affiliation alternatives. Listen in to #EdUpLegal. #makinglegalEASY Listen weekly to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese. Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠⁠The EdUp Experience⁠⁠! We make Education YOUR business

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠⁠Deborah Solmor⁠⁠ In this episode, her guests are once again ⁠Lisa Lang⁠, Vice-President & General Counsel, Ohio Northern University; ⁠Laura Frederick⁠, Founder & CEO, ⁠How to Contract⁠; and ⁠Sasha Magee⁠, Strategic Sourcing Director, Intermountain Health & Adjunct Professor, University of Dayton School of Law. Tune in as we debrief about the recent program these amazing women delivered last weekend at ONU’s ⁠Claude W. Pettit School of Law⁠ in connection with ⁠ContractsCon⁠ which brought the contracting process to ONU’s law students.  Listen in to #EdUpLegal. Making LegalEASY Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠⁠The EdUp Experience⁠⁠!  We make Education YOUR business 

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠Deborah Solmor⁠ In this episode, her guest is Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, Principal, Dan Brozovic. Listen in as they talk about the Department of Education’s new final gainful employment regulations that were announced on September 27th, with an effective date of July 1, 2024: What programs are impacted by the new regulations? What information do institutions need to be looking at to determine compliance? What should institutions be doing now to ensure compliance later? Listen in to #EdUpLegal A link to some additional resources: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Landmark Final Rules to Protect Consumers from Unaffordable Student Debt and Increase Transparency Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Landmark Regulations on Accountability, Transparency & Financial Value for Postsecondary Students ⁠2022 Program Performance Data Description ⁠Unofficial Version of Final Regulations⁠ Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  We make higher education LegalEASY.   Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠!  We make Education YOUR business   

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠Deborah Solmor⁠ In this episode, her guests are Saul Ewing partners Joe Lipchitz & Sandy Bilus. Listen in as they talk about the rise of litigation focused on data collection by consumer facing websites, including what information is being collected and how. They also discuss the legal theories behind these class action lawsuits and offer practical guidance for businesses related to risk mitigation.  Listen in to #EdUpLegal A link to some additional resources: ·      Protecting Your Business From Recent Trend of Wiretap Lawsuits Targeting Companies With Consumer-Facing Websites ·      Massachusetts seeing wave of ‘session replay’ suits Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  We make higher education LegalEASY.   Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠!  We make Education YOUR business 

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠Deborah Solmor⁠ This episode marks the first in a new series called Monthly Meetups with Michele where Deborah and Michele will chat about trending legal, regulatory and compliance topics related to higher education marketing. In this episode they breakdown the difference between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and dive into each agency’s purpose and priorities as they relates to marketing activities.    Listen in to #EdUpLegal Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  We make higher education LegalEASY.   Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠!  We make Education YOUR business 

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!    YOUR host is ⁠Deborah Solmor⁠   In this episode, her guests are Scott Goldschmidt & Jeff Fink, Partners at Thompson Coburn and they chat about the increase in the number of institutions who have received notification from the Department of Education about pending borrower defense claims.         What is a borrower defense claim?      Why are institutions getting notified about them now?      What should an institution be thinking about in preparation to respond?  Listen in to #EdUpLegal  A link to some additional resources: ·       Thompson Coburn Website ·       Suggest Protocols for Responding to Individual Borrower Defense to Repayment Claims ·       Responding to Student Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) Claims (Webinar) ·       U.S. Department of Education BDR Site Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese. We make higher education LegalEASY.   Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠!  We make Education YOUR business 

Welcome to America's leading higher education podcast where we talk trending legal, regulatory and compliance matters - EdUp Legal!  YOUR host is ⁠Deborah Solmor⁠ In this episode, her guest is Tery Gonsalves, Partner at Alston & Bird and they discuss a recent California Supreme Court case that held that California law of fair procedure does not require a private institution to provide cross examination in a disciplinary proceeding for allegations of intimate partner violence.  Listen in to #EdUpLegal A link to some additional resources: ·      Education Advisory: California Supreme Court Says Cross-Examination Is Not Necessary for Campus Disciplinary Proceedings ·      Boermeester v. Carry ·      Alston & Bird: Tery Gonsalves’ Bio Listen in each week to get the buzz on the trending higher education legal, regulatory, and compliance questions without the legalese.  We make higher education LegalEASY.   Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠!  We make Education YOUR business