Online Courses

Title IX Coordinators are responsible for overseeing the entire breadth of an institution’s Title IX compliance efforts. This includes gender discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, sexual assault, and athletics. These are significant responsibilities. To be effective, Coordinators and other institutional personnel that work on Title IX matters should be well versed in the procedures, policies, and training mechanisms in place for addressing campus sexual harassment, sexual violence, and equity in athletics. It is crucial that Title IX Coordinators receive appropriate training to successfully handle the position’s multiple responsibilities. This course covers the August 2020 Title IX regulations, which are currently in effect.

Perhaps no statute is more fundamental to higher education than the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). It touches almost everything that institutions do and almost every administrator they employ. And perhaps no higher education statute is more misunderstood. While its provisions are relatively straightforward, confusion arises when administrators rely on misconceptions about what FERPA should say rather than on its actual language.

This eight-module online course will give you a comprehensive, practical understanding of FERPA, so that you can apply it accurately and appropriately on your campus: When may you share records about a student, what records may be shared, and with whom may you share them? When and how may a student access his or her own records – and require you to correct them? What (really) happens if you get it wrong, and how can you fix it when you do?

Conducting effective internal investigations is crucial to ensuring compliance with the many laws, regulations, and other obligations facing today’s institutions of higher education. The circumstances that prompt an investigation arise in many contexts, including student misconduct, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, academic or research misconduct, financial improprieties, and more. No matter the context, when properly conducted, an internal investigation can help an institution to identify risks and remedy potential issues.

This eight-module online course is designed to teach participants how to conduct effective internal investigations from start to finish.

Colleges and universities have an obligation to comply with federal disability laws and to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, whether they be students, employees, or campus visitors. It is therefore essential for university counsel and other administrators responsible for accessibility support services to develop a thorough understanding of the principles and processes involved in this area of the law in order to understand and address the different challenges that may present in a higher education setting. What constitutes a “fundamental alteration” to an academic program? What steps should an institution take to ensure that its public-facing websites are available to all? And how should an institution assess whether its buildings can be reached through accessible routes? Adherence to federal disability law is also a critical factor in providing and maintaining an accessible and inclusive environment where persons with disabilities and those without are provided equal opportunities to meaningfully participate in educational activities and campus life.

This eight-module online course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of disability laws’ application to higher education.

The law of higher education is an expansive practice area, encompassing everything from aviation law to zoning law and everything in between. Hundreds of federal laws and thousands of federal regulations govern college and university operations, in addition to state laws and System, board, and institutional policies. On top of that, colleges and universities are unique institutions with distinctive legal considerations and customs. Tenure, shared governance, academic freedom, FERPA, and student conduct, just to name a few, are concepts that are not found in the corporate setting but are central to college and university operations.

This online course, delivered by 28 NACUA member veterans, is designed for lawyers who are new to higher education.