United Educators Fund

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
This guide is intended primarily for boards of trustees, presidents, or chancellors, and other officials who make overall decisions about program change. These include changes to course offerings, program structure, or institutional control that may affect course offerings or employment of faculty, implicate shared governance procedures, and require regulatory approvals.
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.
Checklist: Program Reduction or Discontinuance
This checklist provides institutions with detailed guidance on planning and implementing a reduction or discontinuance of an academic program. United Educators recommends using this checklist in conjunction with the checklist on general planning for all program changes.
Checklist: Institutional Closure
This checklist provides institutions with detailed guidance on planning and implementing an institutional closure. United Educators recommends using this checklist in conjunction with the checklist on general planning for all program changes.
Checklist: Change of Institutional Control
This checklist provides institutions with detailed guidance on planning and implementing a change in institutional control. United Educators recommends using this checklist in conjunction with the checklist on general planning for all program changes.
Vetting Third-Party Study Abroad Vendors
Third-party vendors can increase the study abroad opportunities available to students, but poor risk management practices by these vendors can lead to bad outcomes for students and costly claims against the home institution. Read this blog for tips on choosing a third-party vendor.
Checklist: Physical Security for K-12 Schools
This checklist offers suggestions for enhancing the physical security of K-12 school buildings in an active shooter scenario. Administrators may adapt it to meet a school’s specific needs.
Avoid Liability for Prescription Opioid Abuse by Higher Ed Student-Athletes
To curb opioid abuse by student athletes with chronic pain — and avoid potential liability — UE recommends that higher education institutions require health care providers they employ to follow 12 prescription guidelines established by the CDC and take additional steps to help student athletes recover safely from injuries.

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