Prevention and Protection
United Educators (UE), a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group, was formed by educators for educators to ensure a stable source of insurance and risk management. UE provides resources to help prevent incidents that put people and institutions at risk. Listen to advice from UE and other experts on how to protect students, staff, and faculty at your school, college, or university.
Episodes
Attorney Amanda Brahm with McLane Middleton joins UE's Hillary Pettegrew to discuss the status of disparate impact analysis in discrimination litigation.
In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Melanie Bennett interviews Karen Weaver about the higher ed athletics landscape.
In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett and Hillary Pettegrew speak with Peter Lake from Stetson University College of Law about hazing prevention and response at colleges and universities.
In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett interviews Jeff Noland and Miriam McKendall from Holland & Knight about the Stop Campus Hazing Act.
Listen to United Educators (UE) risk management consultants Joanne Dunlap, Hoda Hussein, Beth Kidwell, and Natalie Robinson-Babaniyi share their perspectives on risks to watch in 2026.
In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Melanie Bennett interviews Jayde Bennett and Alisa Barnard from Learning Courage about risk committees and audits.
In this episode, United Educators (UE) Senior Risk Management Counsel Hillary Pettegrew and Senior Risk Management Consultant Hoda Hussein discuss recommended practices and tips to make crisis response tabletop exercises as effective as possible.
In this episode, Cathy Cocks with D.Stafford and Associates discusses practical tips for optimizing your institution's threat assessment team.
In this episode, Dr. Kurt Michael of The Jed Foundation discusses the importance of suicide postvention should a death occur on your campus.
In this episode, The Piazza Center's Steve Veldkamp and Dr. Patrick Biddix discuss hazing prevention programs following the Stop Campus Hazing Act.
In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Melanie Bennett speaks with CampDoc's Michael Ambrose about camp health and safety.
In this episode, United Educators (UE) Director of Risk Management Research & Consulting Alyssa Keehan interviews UE Manager of Risk Research Heather Salko about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the employment process at educational institutions.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand how AI is being used in the Human Resources area
- Identify risks related to using these tools
- Take steps to mitigate the risk of using the...
In this episode, speakers recount their experience with an institution that ceased operating and offer tips for others facing similar circumstances.
United Educators (UE) Risk Management Consultants Hoda Hussein, Beth Kidwell, and Justin Kollinger share their perspectives on risks to watch in 2025.
In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett speaks with HEPNet's Lindsay Bond about youth protection competencies for colleges and universities.
In this episode, United Educators (UE) Senior Risk Management Counsel Hillary Pettegrew and Sarah Wieselthier from the law firm Fisher Phillips discuss the increasing number of state pay transparency laws, which generally require disclosing pay ranges in job postings.
If your state doesn't already have a pay transparency law, monitor developments, as it may be coming.
In this episode, Melanie Bennett and Robert Duston speak about the new ADA digital accessibility regulations.
In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett interviews Jamie Forbes and Amy Wheeler from Learning Courage about how schools can create healing spaces when responding to sexual abuse.
This episode discusses some of the major areas of potential liability for employers that violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
This episode addresses critical requirements for educational employers in the final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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