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Emergency Response and the Clery Act
Authors: Andrea Stagg, Director of Consulting Services | Jess Ettel Irvine, Clery Services After an emergency on a college campus is reported in the news, many institutions of higher education reflect on their own emergency procedures. They may initiate a review of...
Joe Storch Takes on a New Role as Special Advisor
We are embarking on a new partnership with our colleague, Joseph Storch. On Dec 1, 2025, Joe will assume the role of General Counsel at Excelsior University, while also continuing his long-standing relationship with Grand River Solutions. Joe's new role with Grand...
EEOC Issues Updated Materials on National Origin Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated materials on “national origin discrimination and Anti-American bias” on November 19, 2025. The resources include a one-page fact sheet (available in pdf or on the website) called “Discrimination Against...
Potential Title IX and Clery Implications from the New NIBRS User Manual
NIBRS is the National Incident-Based Reporting System. The NIBRS User Manual is issued by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division and includes definitions for uniform crime reporting so law enforcement agencies are using the same definitions. The...
New York State Passes Title VI Legislation
New York is the First State to Pass Title VI Legislation Requiring Every College and University to Appoint a Title VI Coordinator and Take Certain Actions Update: Sept 4, 2025 READ THE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS HERE GO TO TRAINING PAGE FOR: Title VI Obligations for New...
OCR Demonstrates Robust Enforcement of ADA/504 | An Overview of 2025 Resolutions on Disability Discrimination
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published an updated list of resolved cases and made the letters and agreements available to the public The volume and content of these disability-related agreements signal there is continued robust enforcement of Section 504 of...
Technical Standards | A Pathway for Compliance
Image: Young man in a school library with the text: Technical Standards | The Pathway to Compliance Author: Karen Pettus, Ph.D. The ADA/504 Team at Grand River Solutions has created a great resource for understanding Technical Standards. Students with disabilities...
U.S. Department of Education Publishes 2025 Case Resolutions
Many of us have become accustomed to using the U.S. Department of Education’s “Recent Resolution Search” page to find resolution agreements and letters going back more than a decade. The search function allows users to use a keyword search and to narrow down the cases...
U.S. Department of Education Reaches Resolution with the University of Pennsylvania After Title IX Investigation
The Department of Education opened an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania in February 2025 relating to the participation of a transgender woman on the school’s women’s swim team. In April, the Department determined that the University had violated Title IX “by denying women equal opportunities by permitting males to compete in women’s intercollegiate athletics and to occupy women-only intimate facilities.”
Judge Vacates Parts of EEOC’s 2024 Enforcement Guidance Addressing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
On May 15, a judge in the Northern District of Texas vacated sections of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s April 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace after determining that the portions of the guidance that reference sexual orientation...