Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF): Background

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF): School-Related Litigation

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF): Other Actions

Education Law Association

The Education Law Association (ELA), founded in 1954 as the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education (NOLPE), provides an unbiased forum for the dissemination of information on current issues in education law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency charged with enforcement of a variety of laws designed to prevent discrimination in the workplace.

High School Athletic Associations

State high school athletic associations are in most instances nonprofit organizations that act as governing bodies of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools.

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

Responding to a long history in which their people have been at best ignored and at worst suffered discrimination, Mexican American citizens have formed numerous civil rights organizations, typically in cities, to work to improve the conditions facing them.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: Historical Background

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: Education Litigation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: Other Efforts

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

National Collegiate Athletic Association: Background

National Collegiate Athletic Association: Key Policies

National Collegiate Athletic Association: Key Policies Gender and Title IX

National Collegiate Athletic Association: Key Policies Academic Reform

National Collegiate Athletic Association: Key Policies Indian Mascots

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was formed in 1915 following a protest over the firing of a faculty member at Stanford University.

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) provides support and leadership in equity and equality issues within higher education as well as the larger society.

Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

The mission of the Association for the Study ofHigher Education (ASHE) is to encourage scholarlyinquiry to increase knowledge and understandingof higher education in all of itsmultifaceted dimensions.

Boards of Trustees

The phrase board of trustees is synonymous with governance in higher education and is the most common name for groups of individuals who serve as the legal agents for and have authority over two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities in the United States.

Community or Junior Colleges

Community and junior colleges are unique to American education, and no form of higher education is more varied than these institutions, all of which must comply with the same array of laws as other postsecondary educational institutions whether dealing with students, faculty, or staff.

Education Law Association (ELA)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

The Higher Education Act of 1965 defined Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as those founded before 1964 with the mission of educating African Americans.

National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)

The National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) was founded in 1960 by a group of attorneys who frequently handled cases involving colleges and universities;

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a voluntary, unincorporated association that organizes the intercollegiate athletic programs of its membership, which includes more than 1,200 colleges and universities.

Proprietary or For-Profit Colleges and Universities

In the United States, the postsecondary educational landscape has been dominated historically by the existence of nonprofit public and private degree-granting colleges and universities.

Religious Colleges and Universities

Religious colleges and universities can be distinguished from nonsectarian private institutions by their commitment to religious rituals, traditions, and/or core religious beliefs.

Single-Sex Colleges

The history of institutions of higher education includes the evolution of single-sex colleges and universities.

U.S. Department of Education

The United States Department of Education (ED) serves as the federal agency charged with addressing education-related issues.