Volume 18 Number 3

• Accreditation as Cartelization: Applying Antitrust Principles to Higher Education

  by Roger E. Meiners & Andrew P. Morriss

  U.S. colleges and universities are a $700 billion a year industry. Unlike other large industries, however, the state and non-profit entities that dominate higher education are not subject to the antitrust and consumer protection standards.

  18 Drexel L. Rev. 633

• Clergy in the Classroom: Challenging Texas's School Chaplain Law After Kennedy v. Bremerton

  by Natalie Brandt

  This Article examines the resurgence of religion in public education through recent state legislation, with a particular focus on Texas’s groundbreaking school chaplain law, SB 763. Enacted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton, SB 763 authorizes public schools to employ unlicensed chaplains to provide counseling and mental health services.

  18 Drexel L. Rev. 691

• Seal the Escape Hatch: AI Third-Party Vendors Can Be Liable Under Title VII's Agent Provision

  by Serena Williams

  Derek Mobley applied to over one hundred job postings using Workday’s artificial intelligence (AI) screening algorithms. Despite his extensive qualifications, employers rejected Mobley’s application.

  18 Drexel L. Rev. 745

• Interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Why Abortion is a Protected Condition

  by Emma Austin

  The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) was enacted in 2023 with the intention of providing stronger protections for workers facing workplace discrimination due to pregnancy. However, the current legal landscape threatens the protections for one group of workers: those having an abortion.

  18 Drexel L. Rev. 789