The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction to prevent a tax-exempt organization’s grant program from issuing grants to…
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Scholarships
Judge Orders DACA Reinstated, Bringing Hope to ‘Dreamers’
Federal Judge Nicolas G. Garaufis of the US District Court in Brooklyn ordered the Trump Administration to reinstate immediately the…
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DACA’s End Brings Uncertainty to Dreamers and Scholarship Providers
The Trump Administration’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program has both students and scholarship…
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The Heart of It: Allowing Donor Participation in the Scholarship Process
Karen Leaffer Schauble presented on “The Heart of It: Allowing Donor Participation in the Scholarship Process” at the National Scholarship…
READ MORE Legal Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers
Karen Leaffer Schauble presented on “Legal Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers” at the National Scholarship Providers Association’s 2016 conference. In a…
READ MORE Legal Lowdown: Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers
“Legal Lowdown: Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers” was the topic of Karen Leaffer Schauble’s presentation at the National Scholarship Providers Association’s…
READ MORE Study Carefully: Donors Have Many Options for Awarding Scholarships
In a recent case, the Tax Court denied charitable deductions for scholarship payments made by a trust to students for…
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College Athletes as Employees? What Status Change Could Mean for Scholarships
Many were caught off guard by a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision last week that Northwestern University’s football players…
READ MORE Massive New Scholarship Fund to Aid Undocumented Students, and Recent Law Changes May Bolster Similar Efforts
A former owner of the Washington Post recently announced the creation of the nation’s largest scholarship fund to assist students…
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Recommendations Take Aim at Scholarship Award Displacement
As noted in our recent blog post on the broad effects of scholarship award displacement, the white paper recently released…
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