Hailed as a wunderkind by peers, colleagues and politicos, Peter Beinart graduated from Yale University, won both a Rhodes scholarship and a Marshall scholarship (which he declined for graduate study at Oxford), and burst onto the political punditry scene immediately after graduating from Oxford in 1995. Since then, he has been a regular contributor for Time and The Washington Post, has written the bestseller The Good Fight: Why Liberals — And Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again and has been a featured player on the television news circuit for his expertise and articulate analysis. In 2004, The Week named him columnist of the year for his prolific writing and Olympian output.

Hear a review of legislative and executive branch initiatives as well as priorities and enforcement activities such as the H1-B visa program and employment verification. Learn how these issues will affect higher education's ability to recruit the faculty and staff required to fulfill its mission of conducting research and educating students.

As a former U.S. Congressman and new chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Marty Meehan brings a unique perspective on emerging Congressional issues that can affect higher education. Chancellor Meehan will offer his ideas on the issues he feels are important to higher education and the general role institutions can play in pursuing the issues important to them.

Gain insight into how changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 541 rules have affected higher education, including assistant coaches, graduate students and admissions representatives. The presenters will examine applicable court decisions and opinion letters and what steps colleges and universities are taking to comply with the law.

Learn about recent court and National Labor Relations Board decisions and related legislative proposals that could impact higher education employers. Former Board Member Cohen also discusses the affect of the election on the make up of the NLRB and the Board's agenda and decisions.

Key Capitol Hill staffers discuss the current legislative agenda on workforce issues, including anti-discrimination legislation, changes to the National Labor Relations Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and other leave mandates. Hear about the potential impact of the election on the legislative agenda in the next Congress.

Learn about recent developments in leave law from opinion letters to court decisions to legislation. Ulman also discusses Department of Labor's Request for Information and CUPA-HR's response to the RFI.

As we look ahead to an impending wave of presidential retirements, it is vital that higher education understand who is in the senior leadership roles that form the pipeline to the presidency. Earlier this year, CUPA-HR and the American Council on Education (ACE) conducted a survey aimed at mapping the demographic profile of those individuals in the pipeline to the presidency. What did the results show? Find out during this overview of the report.

Examine the future of retirement in the face of possible Social Security insolvency, the decline of the defined benefits plan and problems at the Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation. Also, hear results of EBRI's research on the advantages and disadvantages of various retirement benefits alternatives.

Experts discuss recent trends in equal employment opportunity law and diversity, including the impact of recent Supreme Court cases and key legislative developments.

Explore trends in employment litigation as our presenters discuss everything from discrimination and wage and hour class actions to the latest in access requirements under the ADA. Evaluate the types of lawsuits to expect and steps you can take now to avoid litigation later.

Drawing on his days in Congress and as president and CEO of Goodwill Industries, Fred Grandy delivers a poignant, funny, and pertinent message about the importance of giving back and community involvement.