Bill tracking for higher education and research
For colleges, universities and research institutes, and the offices that handle government relations, compliance and research.
When a bill or proposed federal rule that matches what you watch is filed in any state legislature, the DC Council, Congress or on regulations.gov, Statute Scope emails you a brief built from its own text. For higher education and research, we flag Title IX, DEI and tenure, academic freedom and curriculum mandates, admissions, student visas, research funding and indirect-cost caps, foreign gifts, NIL and campus speech.
What we flag for higher education and research
Every brief tags the bill with the concerns it touches and quotes the words that set each tag off. Here is what we tag in your field, and why it matters to you.
Title IX & campus sex rules
Changes grievance procedures, athletics and facilities rules with federal funding at stake.
DEI bans, tenure & governance
Bans DEI offices and statements and changes tenure and accreditation, reshaping staffing and compliance.
Student visas & international students
Visa limits, SEVIS, duration-of-status and OPT changes affect enrollment and revenue.
Research funding & security
Indirect-cost caps, foreign-gift reporting and research-security rules hit research budgets.
Student aid, loans & endowment tax
Federal aid, loan repayment, accountability metrics and the endowment tax change institutional finances.
Campus speech, protest & antisemitism
Protest rules, antisemitism definitions and free-speech mandates carry Title VI exposure.
Academic freedom & curriculum mandates
Gen-ed mandates, civics institutes and governance changes move control of courses and hiring from faculty to legislatures and boards.
Admissions: legacy & race
Legacy bans, race-neutral mandates and admissions-data reporting change how institutions admit students.
NIL & college athletes
NIL, revenue-sharing and athlete-employee rules change athletics budgets and compliance.
Faculty & graduate unions
Collective-bargaining rules for faculty and graduate workers change labor costs and governance.
Campus carry
Requires or bars concealed firearms on campus, changing security and liability.
What you'll get alerts on
- Proposed Department of Education rules, including Title IX
- State funding, DEI, tenure and curriculum bills
- Research-funding, research-security and student-visa bills and proposed rules
Every alert comes with a brief: the bottom line, the key provisions in the bill's own words, who to contact and the full text. See a sample brief, or read which legislatures and agencies we cover.
Plans for higher education and research
One subscription covers everyone at your organization, with no per-seat fees. Watch is $150 a month for 5 criteria and Desk is $450 a month for 20, with more on Desk at $40 a month for each 5. One criterion is one jurisdiction (a state, DC or the federal government) plus one search. Searching for the same thing in 5 states is 5 criteria.