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The Campus SaVE Act: A Compliance Guide
The Campus SaVE Act amended the Clery Act to include certain crimes of intimate partner violence to the criminal offenses about which higher education institutions must report statistics and provide specific information in their annual security reports (ASRs). This publication provides guidance to help institutions meet these requirements.
Considerations for Conducting Virtual Camps
Guidance on evaluating the risks of conducting virtual camps through your campus summer program during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Prevention and Protection Podcast: Academic Closures with Husch Blackwell
In this episode of Prevention and Protection, attorney Ellen Babbitt discusses managing the risks of higher ed academic program changes driven by economic pressures; these range from eliminating majors to closing institutions. Ellen and her colleagues at Husch Blackwell wrote UE’s recently released publications on the topic, including an overview guide and four detailed checklists.
Coronavirus Response Resources for K-12 Schools
To help K-12 schools during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, United Educators (UE) has compiled the following list of links to education-specific resources and federal guidance.
Risk Management Guidance for 3D Printing
Many educational institutions are considering using their 3D printing capabilities to help with medical device and supply shortages. This article addresses the risk management issues that schools should keep in mind during each step of the process.
Student Mental Health on Campus: A Review of Claims
United Educators (UE) reviewed and analyzed 223 claims related to student mental health—including attempted and completed suicides—received from January 2011 through December 2016. This report focuses on key data points and lessons from the claims. Review the claims study and its supplemental resources to learn how to respond to these challenges on your campus.
Employee Sexual Misconduct: Higher Ed
This page features claims studies, learning programs, training tools, webinars, podcasts, and other resources related to workplace harassment.
Checklist: General Planning for All Program Changes
This checklist will assist institutions with general planning for any type of academic program change, including program reduction or discontinuance, change of institutional control, and institutional closure. Institutions also can use it for periodic evaluations of their programs.
Academic Program Changes and Institutional Closures
UE has created five resources — a guide and four checklists — for higher education institutions confronting possible program changes, including potential closure due to financial struggles or unforeseen events such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The resources will help institutions understand how to act in ways that are procedurally proper, well-supported, and sensitive to the interests of multiple stakeholders — especially the institution’s students and employees.
Guide to Manage Risks Associated With Program Change
This publication provides an overview of considerations relevant for institutions that need to consider academic program changes, which include program reductions or discontinuances, changes of institutional control, and full institutional closures. It also offers boards and institutional leaders practical guidance on planning for and implementing these changes.

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