2025 has been a year of transition for compliance, and perhaps no industry has been more affected than higher education. Last month, the White House threw colleges and universities another huge change – you will now be required to report data “disaggregated by race and sex relating to their applicant pool, admitted cohort, and enrolled cohort at the undergraduate level and for specific graduate and professional programs.”
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon also directed the National Center for Education Statistics (the entity that oversees collection of the IPEDS data), to develop a “rigorous audit process to ensure the data being collected is accurate and reported consistently across institutions.”
Bottom line: It appears that given the expanded scope of the admissions data collection and the rigorous auditing process likely to be implemented, the Administration intends to analyze admissions data in an effort to root out what it sees as “illegal DEI.”
On September 25, Berkshire Co-President Patrick Nooren will host Vicki Lipnic, partner at Resolution Economics and former EEOC Commissioner, and Paul White, partner at Resolution Economics, to discuss these changes and the impact on college and university admissions.
They will discuss:
Don’t miss this informational session!
Co-President of Berkshire Patrick Nooren, Ph.D. has over 30 years of experience in the Equal Employment Opportunity and HR analytics industry and has worked with clients of all sizes in analyzing and mining their HR data to support sound business decisions. He has conducted training in cities across the nation and has authored numerous articles and software programs in the areas of affirmative action, disparate impact, test validation, compensation analysis, HR data analytics and EEO. Patrick is also the primary author and editor for the book titled, “Compensation Analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide to Identifying and Addressing Compensation Disparities.
Victoria A. Lipnic, Esq., is a Partner at Resolution Economics. She leads the Company’s Human Capital Strategy Group. The Human Capital Strategy Group combines the Company’s expertise in data analytics and deep knowledge of regulatory requirements with an interdisciplinary approach to advise organizations on the full range of their human capital needs and reporting requirements including recruitment, selection, promotions, DEI&A, pay equity, and ESG, especially as to equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination issues.
Prior to joining the Company she served as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) from 2010 to 2020 and Acting Chair from 2017 to 2019. Prior to the EEOC, she practiced law with Seyfarth Shaw. She also served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from 2002-2008, appointed by President George W. Bush, where, among other regulatory enforcement agencies, she oversaw the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
Paul White is a labor economist and the founding partner of the Washington, D.C. office of Resolution Economics. Since 1993, his practice has focused on the economic and statistical aspects of employment discrimination matters, including compensation, hiring, promotion, and termination. Dr. White’s labor and employment practice also encompasses EEOC investigations, OFCCP reviews of federal contractors, proactive monitoring of compensation and employee selection, economic damages (single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class actions), union contract negotiations, and NLRB hearings.
In addition, he works on the statistical aspects of wage and hour cases, including typicality and commonality analyses for class certification, misclassification, off-the-clock work, management edits, and other quantifiable issues. Beyond labor and employment, Dr. White has conducted analyses related to mutual fund trading practices, environmental impact, asbestos exposure, and prescription drug pricing. He has testified numerous times in local, state, and federal courts.
Berkshire, a division of Resolution Economics, LLC, is a human resources and technology firm specializing in non-discrimination, pay equity, and workforce data analytics. With nearly 40 years of experience in the industry, Berkshire is among the most trusted names in the business.
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