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higher education
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India Tax Law
Taxing Teaching in India: Tax Considerations for Foreign Universities Operating in India
By Aarushi Jain, Bipluv Jhingan, Lakshya Gupta
Summary: As foreign universities expand their presence in India through executive education, professional certifications and corporate learning programmes, the tax treatment of such receipts has become a critical issue. In…
Thompson Coburn LLP
Higher Education Litigation Summary: October 2026
Welcome to the October 2026 edition of Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary, your resource for timely legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector.…
Subject to Inquiry
Federal Court Declines to Block DEI Contractor Executive Order: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know
By Edwin O. Childs, Brandi G. Howard, Michael J. Podberesky, Farnaz Farkish Thompson, Jack White, Sarah Wake, Maricris Prendingue, John Sullivan
On Oct. 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied a request by a coalition of higher education and contractor associations to preliminarily enjoin Executive Order…
Thompson Coburn LLP
Federal Court Rules that Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine Degree Is a ‘Professional Degree’ for Higher Loan Limits
On Friday October 16, 2026, Judge Michael Simon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered a preliminary injunction in favor of three naturopathic medicine associations that…
Littler Publications, Press, and Events
DHS Proposes to Impose New OPT Fees for SEVP-Certified Schools
DHS Proposes to Impose New OPT Fees for SEVP-Certified Schools On October 8, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register,…
2Civility Blog
ABA Accreditation Council Repeals Standard Requiring Law Schools to Demonstrate Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
By Marin McCall
Photo credit: American Bar Association Key points The Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted last month to repeal ABA Standard…
SCC Blog
NEET-UG category change: Madras High Court refuses General to OBC-NCL switch after results
By Apoorva
Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed by a NEET-UG 2026 candidate seeking permission to participate in the 15 per cent All India Quota counselling as an Other Backward…
UpdatED
Coalition of 23 State Attorneys General Opposes Proposed Federal Higher Education Accreditation Overhaul
By Katherine D. Brodie, Edward Cramp, Anthony J. Guida Jr., Kristina Gill, Daniel R. Walworth and Jen DeMayOn August 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education published a proposed Accreditation,…
Madisonian
Substack: Higher Education Existentialism
On Not Following the Script First published: June 30, 2026. Posted here for archival purposes. Emma Thompson as Karen Eiffel in “Stranger Than Fiction” (2006) “Everything in Between” is about…
Michael Geist
Ontario is Done Waiting for Universities to Act on Campus Antisemitism
Earlier this month, Jewish students at Wilfrid Laurier University returned to their residence after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, to find that the mezuzahs affixed to their doors had…