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If you are in the middle of a campus misconduct investigation and no one is backing up your account, it can feel like the ground is shifting under you. This happens more often than people expect. The LLF National Law Firm Student...

Imagine two students caught cheating on the same exam, in the same class, at the same university. One is processed through the academic integrity office, while the other is referred to the dean of students for a conduct violation....

May is supposed to mean one thing: you’re done. But if your school has hit you with a suspension close to graduation, you may be facing a very different kind of finish line — one where your diploma or your seat at...

Medical students across the country – indeed, around the world – are familiar with Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), which are standardized skills assessments designed to help students evaluate and improve...

In the ’60s, Barbie was a nurse, flight attendant, and tennis player. Within the past few years, Barbie has been a chief sustainability officer, a boxer, and a livestock veterinarian. Each of these Barbie personas is...

A recent article highlighted the story of the University of Michigan’s president, Mark Schlissel, who was terminated after an anonymous person reported his affair with a subordinate staff member. The article went on to...

Although AI has been readily used by the public for more than 4 years, many private schools and colleges are still struggling to define Acceptable Usage of AI in the academic setting. Unfortunately, students are getting caught in...

If you are the parent of a special needs student who has their own Individualized Education Program, one of the benefits you may be expecting, depending on how long your child has had an IEP, is an extended school year (ESY)...

Revered author Maya Angelou once observed that “In diversity, there is beauty and there is strength.” Yet, there are those who struggle to accept diversity as beautiful, let alone embrace it wholeheartedly. For a variety of...

A report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlights a growing crisis among adolescents, noting that 76.8% of high school students do not get enough sleep. The American Academy of Pediatrics...

A recent article from The Cuestonian captures a problem students across the country are now facing: being accused of using artificial intelligence even when they insist the work is their own. The story describes students who feel...

According to a report issued by the US Department of Justice, the Special School District of St. Louis County repeatedly violated both applicable law and the district’s own policies against restraining and secluding students...

Getting an acceptance letter into college can feel like finding the pot of gold at the end of the long process rainbow. Applications are finished. Decisions are in. Plans start forming. But here’s something many students and...

When a medical student begins struggling academically or professionally, their schools will often present them with what appears to be a supportive solution: the remediation agreement. These agreements are usually framed as an...

In March 2026, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 64 into law. This legislation establishes the New Mexico Office of Special Education as a permanent part of the state’s Public Education...

People usually stick with who they know. If you or your student is facing a legal crisis on campus or a contentious IEP meeting, your first instinct might be to reach out to the attorney who wrote your grandmother’s will....

School discipline is supposed to correct behavior and keep classrooms safe, but too often, it acts as a weapon for discrimination. This is exactly what happened to Navajo students in a rural off-reservation New Mexico school...

You’ve committed to a college, in part, because of those merit scholarships that knocked off a hefty chunk of your initial tuition cost. But if you’re like most college students, you didn’t read their scholarship...

Parents in Alabama are celebrating the passage of HB 78, the “Healthy Early Development and Screen Time Act,” which limits the screen time of kids in the state’s licensed childcare facilities, public pre-K programs, and...

Rachelle Miller, a Spokane mom of two, was baffled when her son’s school district determined he was ineligible for special needs services before she’d had a chance to review his eligibility evaluation report. Parents...