https://library.educause.edu/topics/policy-and-lawen{153C28B0-D00C-4A04-BC48-53DE28E35004}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2024/12/abstract-gender-data-and-demographics-toolkit This Toolkit should serve as a resource to help better understand gender data and demographics. Collecting, storing, and sharing such data carries risks that need to be understood and addressed.Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:50:16 Z{BED90CFA-1501-4CBF-9EF8-8AAF32854213}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2024/1/educause-comments-proposed-net-neutrality-rulesEDUCAUSE and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 14, 2023, regarding the FCC’s proposal to restore its 2015 net neutrality regulations. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:41:10 Z{5264D709-AC66-4643-8E7D-860B8DA081D3}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2023/3/educause-comments-dept-of-ed-guidance-on-third-party-servicers-tpssEDUCAUSE submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on March 7, 2023, in response to a “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) from ED reinterpreting the department’s regulatory guidance on “Third-Party Servicers” (TPSs). Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:51:16 Z{4DE3CF90-68BD-4D48-92F5-690A9B33D904}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2022/2/educause-comments-ftc-safeguards-rule-proposed-reporting-requirementEDUCAUSE joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and eleven other higher education associations in submitting comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its proposal to add a reporting requirement to the FTC Safeguards Rule. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:39:55 Z{4A212BCB-9BEC-45D3-B6A8-D20BB0906B64}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/2/educause-policy-videos-february-2020-federal-policy-updateThe EDUCAUSE Policy Team produced a pair of brief videos (approx. three minutes each) to update members on relevant federal policy issues as of February 2020. Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:08:37 Z{34D5E221-DC5E-4A18-9A04-FDAAA57753F9}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/1/educause-policy-videos-proposed-safeguards-rule-changesThe EDUCAUSE Policy Team produced a pair of brief videos to help EDUCAUSE members understand the Safeguards rule and how it might change as well as to explain the pending revisions to campus colleagues. Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:37:28 Z{F07119DE-A18D-46ED-B723-B3C5A62179B0}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2019/8/educause-comments-proposed-ftc-safeguards-rule-changesOn August 2, 2019, EDUCAUSE joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and several other higher education presidential and professional associations in submitting comments on changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to its Safeguards Rule.Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:37:56 Z{E3459C71-9AEE-4EB1-A701-3FAA69AE027F}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/8/educause-comments-court-should-overturn-fccs-2017-net-neutrality-repealOn August 27, 2018, EDUCAUSE joined with the American Council on Education, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and sixteen (16) other leading higher education and library associations to submit an amicus brief in the case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concerning network neutrality. Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:08:11 Z{00EBF5A3-9CA9-4BD9-8F33-4B5AE81296DF}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/8/educause-comments-higher-ed-submits-further-response-on-net-neutrality-changesOn August 30, 2017, a coalition of higher education leadership associations, including EDUCAUSE, submitted reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about its 2017 network neutrality rule-making. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:26:15 Z{D77F4700-F364-4082-841E-ED1EB0795D82}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/7/educause-comments-higher-ed-supports-maintaining-net-neutrality(July 18, 2017) EDUCAUSE joined several other higher education leadership associations, including the American Council on Education and the Association of Research Libraries, in responding to the 2017 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule-making on net neutrality (WC Docket Number 17-108, “Restoring Internet Freedom”).Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:39:52 Z{92CDE06E-F3A8-4DCE-B711-6EDE21DDF690}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/4/educause-comments-restoration-of-year-round-pell-grantsEDUCAUSE recently supported a letter from the broader higher education association community that asked the U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees to use the current budget surplus in the Pell Grant program to once again make Pell Grants available to students on a year-round basis. Issued on March 16, 2017, the letter highlighted the strong, bipartisan support for such a move, which would enhance the ability of students to persist to degree completion as well as to improve their time to degree.Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:12:08 Z{C7460005-1CF3-48A6-A263-726CB86F6AE8}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/4/educause-comments-relaunch-of-net-neutrality-principlesOn March 30, 2017, EDUCAUSE joined a number of other higher education and library associations to release an updated version of the net neutrality principles that the groups had originally issued in 2014. At the time of the principles’ initial release, the FCC was in the process of developing the current Open Internet Order, which established enforceable net neutrality rules consistent with the needs and interests of the higher education and library communities.Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:48:15 Z{405709E9-13C6-4995-B1EE-17455D136133}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/3/educause-comments-dhs-controlled-unclassified-information-cui-provisionEDUCAUSE joined the Council on Government Relations (COGR), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in comments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about its proposed new CUI grants and contracts provision. Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:54:58 Z{3701AE64-8846-4E2F-9534-A548F089B8B9}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/2/educause-comments-engaging-with-dhs-on-immigration-executive-orderEDUCAUSE joined 46 other higher education associations, including the major college and university presidential associations, in signing a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security about the January 2017 Trump Administration executive order on immigration.Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:11:54 Z{98817868-3D5A-4D41-B595-88883A769CFF}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/2/educause-comments-support-for-bridge-actEDUCAUSE joined higher education community letters from the American Council on Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities in support of the Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy (BRIDGE) Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:42:54 Z{BD36B8DB-A4D2-4B6B-A6E1-0B258C74F971}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/9/developing-no-cost-resources-for-sexual-and-interpersonal-violence-response-and-preventionIn this EDUCAUSE Live! Webinar the speakers discuss discuss the issue of sexual and interpersonal violence on campus and compliant resources.Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:42:15 Z{76AB2122-CFDB-42C4-9E6E-8E9AC9CE7F5A}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/8/educause-comments-on-fcc-business-data-services-rule-makingEDUCAUSE recently joined with Internet2 to submit comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s pending rule-making on “business data services” (i.e., broadband data and voice services sold to businesses). Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:25:11 Z{0C2F85AD-7EFB-43A9-8790-600A7961360E}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2015/8/educause-comments-making-federally-funded-educational-resources-oerOn August 4, 2015, a group of 90 higher education and related organizations, including EDUCAUSE, released a letter asking the Obama Administration to establish a new policy on education, training, or instructional resources developed with federal funding.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:01 Z{D0E5493B-8DC9-421D-9EEC-ED1D85E0189B}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2015/6/educause-comments-telephone-consumer-protection-act-petition-to-fccIn February 2015, Blackboard Inc. filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking a ruling that auto-text and auto-call messages sent via its Connect mass notification system on behalf of educational institutions would not trigger liability for those institutions or the company under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:02 Z{E41DE8BA-C916-4A9E-83B1-3DDA9DB0E783}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/12/educause-comments-higher-ed-letter-challenges-fcc-net-neutrality-order) Throughout the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2017 net neutrality rule-making process, EDUCAUSE has served as a central member of a higher education coalition working to preserve net neutrality. The December 2017 FCC order unfortunately eviscerates not just the net neutrality rules in place since 2015; it also abdicates any real role for the FCC in addressing net neutrality in favor of “transparency,” “market competition,” and anti-trust enforcement. Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:50:44 Z