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When a student faces disciplinary action from their college or university, many families prefer to handle it on their own. They assume they can always hire legal help on appeal if the outcome is unfavorable. Unfortunately, that...

Most students who go into a school disciplinary hearing after an accusation of academic misconduct or any Code of Conduct violation assume they’re dealing with — well, their school. An administrator, maybe a panel,...

College and university tuition insurance is having a moment. While it’s tuition insurance shot back into focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, when families were concerned about being responsible for an entire semester of...

Uniform policies are crucial for students facing allegations of misconduct. Published policies help to reduce confusion and subjective treatment. They protect students’ rights. Princeton University students have proposed...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Military veterans often report that transitioning from the military to college is jarring. Veterans go from an organization with a strictly enforced hierarchy to an environment where administrators create a bureaucracy that is...

Eight students at Swarthmore College face possible expulsion for handing out protest materials. The college says the literature threatened and intimidated board members. The students say administrators are twisting their words....

If you have been following the news recently, you might have heard that Columbia University has had intense protests regarding Israeli military action in the Gaza war. Some of the protestors were arrested by local and campus...

Most people know that Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University before co-founding a major tech giant. However, there are some details that he hadn’t shared publicly until releasing his memoir, Source Code. Specifically,...

Barnard College is currently undergoing a massive shift in its governance, launching a “pilot” disciplinary system. While the administration frames these changes as a necessary modernization of the Student Code of Conduct and...

The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents changed its rules related to disciplinary action on campus, and many students and faculty are upset about the decision. Before, students who were accused of breaking rules would...

It is a maxim in sports that a team must play to win, rather than playing “not to lose,” otherwise known as “playing scared.” The idea is that if you are too afraid of losing, you play too cautiously and never meet your...

As all college students know, the use of cards or tags to enter or exit buildings on campus has become a ubiquitous part of the college experience. However, as convenient and necessary as this technology is, many students fail to...

As part of the Trump Administration’s overall immigration crackdown, the Executive Branch has taken unprecedented action in ramping up visa revocations for international students. Trump’s actions against universities...