Prevention and Protection

The United Educators risk management podcast.

Tips to Optimize Your Threat Assessment Team 07/30/2025

Tips to Optimize Your Threat Assessment Team In this episode, Cathy Cocks with D.Stafford and Associates discusses practical tips for optimizing your institution's threat assessment team. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/37578570

Ensure Your Campus Has a Suicide Postvention Plan 06/25/2025

Ensure Your Campus Has a Suicide Postvention Plan In this episode, Dr. Kurt Michael of The Jed Foundation discusses the importance of suicide postvention should a death occur on your campus. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/37119525

Implementing a Research-Informed Hazing Prevention Program 06/11/2025

Implementing a Research-Informed Hazing Prevention Program In this episode, The Piazza Center's Steve Veldkamp and Dr. Patrick Biddix discuss hazing prevention programs following the Stop Campus Hazing Act. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/36922890

Improving Health and Safety at Camps: AAP’s Policy Statement 05/15/2025

Improving Health and Safety at Camps: AAP’s Policy Statement In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Melanie Bennett speaks with CampDoc's Michael Ambrose about camp health and safety. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/36578390

Using AI in Employment Decisions 04/30/2025

Using AI in Employment Decisions 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 these tool /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/36340145

Planning for Institutional Mergers or Closures: A Case Study 03/05/2025

Planning for Institutional Mergers or Closures: A Case Study In this episode, speakers recount their experience with an institution that ceased operating and offer tips for others facing similar circumstances. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/35535235

Forecasting Risks in 2025 02/05/2025

Forecasting Risks in 2025 United Educators (UE) Risk Management Consultants Hoda Hussein, Beth Kidwell, and Justin Kollinger share their perspectives on risks to watch in 2025. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/35146005

HEPNet’s Professional Competencies for Youth Protection in Higher Education 01/17/2025

HEPNet’s Professional Competencies for Youth Protection in Higher Education In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett speaks with HEPNet's Lindsay Bond about youth protection competencies for colleges and universities. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/34880960

Pay Attention to Pay Transparency Laws 12/18/2024

Pay Attention to Pay Transparency Laws 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. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/34490410

The ADA Digital Accessibility Rules for Public Institutions - and Implications for Private Institutions (2024) 11/20/2024

The ADA Digital Accessibility Rules for Public Institutions - and Implications for Private Institutions (2024) In this episode, Melanie Bennett and Robert Duston speak about the new ADA digital accessibility regulations. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/34010617

Animals on Campus 10/09/2024

Animals on Campus This episode discusses the types of animals that employees, students, or visitors may request to bring on campus and the relevant federal laws. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/33330197

Create a Healing Space in K-12 Schools: Respond to Sexual Abuse 08/28/2024

Create a Healing Space in K-12 Schools: Respond to Sexual Abuse In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett interviews Jamie Forbes and Amy Wheeler from about how schools can create healing spaces when responding to sexual abuse. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/32762252

FMLA Liability Hot Spots 06/19/2024

FMLA Liability Hot Spots This episode discusses some of the major areas of potential liability for employers that violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/31775912

Key Takeaways From the EEOC's New Pregnancy Accommodation Rule 05/29/2024

Key Takeaways From the EEOC's New Pregnancy Accommodation Rule This episode addresses critical requirements for educational employers in the final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/31500437

Reducing Risk Around Contrapower Harassment on Campus 03/13/2024

Reducing Risk Around Contrapower Harassment on Campus Listen for a description of how contrapower harassment might manifest on campus and steps to take to eliminate it or respond if it occurs. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/30338393

Emerging Risks in 2024 02/07/2024

Emerging Risks in 2024 Listen to United Educators (UE) risk management consultants discuss risks to watch in 2024 and how they project today's conditions into future risks. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/29823933

Athletics Benefits: The Year In Review 01/24/2024

Athletics Benefits: The Year In Review In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Melanie Bennett interviews Amy Piccola, a Partner at Saul Ewing, about the impact of ongoing athletics benefits changes. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/29598433

Employee-on-Student Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education 11/15/2023

Employee-on-Student Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education United Educators' (UE's) Senior Risk Management Counsel Hillary Pettegrew discusses lessons learned from higher ed claims involving alleged sexual misconduct by employees against students. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/28653948

Equal Pay Issues for Educational Employers 09/20/2023

Equal Pay Issues for Educational Employers This podcast episode addresses how all educational institutions can comply with federal and state equal pay laws. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/28079586

Hazing Prevention in Culturally-Based Fraternities and Sororities 08/30/2023

Hazing Prevention in Culturally-Based Fraternities and Sororities In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Justin Kollinger and Catalyst Agency's Michelle Guobadia discuss hazing prevention in culturally-based fraternities, sororities, and other student organizations. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/27884916

Sexual Violence Prevention in K-12 Schools 08/09/2023

Sexual Violence Prevention in K-12 Schools In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett interviews Jamie Forbes about how Learning Courage is helping schools prevent sexual abuse. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/27694155

Slips and Falls: Lessons Learned 06/07/2023

Slips and Falls: Lessons Learned United Educators (UE) colleagues from the risk management department discuss lessons learned from slip and fall claims. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/27058635

Review Your Contracts and Waivers 05/24/2023

Review Your Contracts and Waivers In this episode, United Educators' (UE's) Melanie Bennett interviews Louisiana State University’s Ashley McGowan about McGowan’s experience updating a contract review process. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/26858913

Assess Your Youth Protection Program 04/28/2023

Assess Your Youth Protection Program In this episode, UE's Melanie Bennett interviews Marcy Huey and Rebecca Whitman about their experiences conducting youth protection program assessments. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/26647734

Expanded Legal Protections for Pregnant & Nursing Employees 04/12/2023

Expanded Legal Protections for Pregnant & Nursing Employees This episode discusses new federal requirements imposed on empolyers by (1) the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and (2) the PUMP Act. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/26513766

The Importance of Documentation 03/08/2023

The Importance of Documentation Attorneys from United Educators' (UE's) Resolutions department discuss documentation practices and the role it can play in risk mitigation efforts. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/26152332

The Case for Securing Doors on Campus 01/30/2023

The Case for Securing Doors on Campus In this podcast, Eric Hartman, University of Denver, and Liza Kabanova, United Educators (UE) Risk Management Consultant, discuss the value of securing doors campus-wide. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/25710945

Higher Education Athletics Benefits Update 01/06/2023

Higher Education Athletics Benefits Update In this podcast, UE's Melanie Bennett interviews Amy Piccola, a Partner at Saul Ewing, about the impact of ongoing athletics benefits changes. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/25458741

European Study Away Risk Management 12/15/2022

European Study Away Risk Management United Educators' (UE's) Justin Kollinger interviews Gian Franco Borio, a European attorney who specializes in study away and is a member of the Florence Bar. They discuss considerations for educational institutions that send students to Europe for study away programs. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/25340355

Important Travel Considerations for K-12 Schools 09/21/2022

Important Travel Considerations for K-12 Schools UE's Hillary Pettegrew interviews Clare Sisisky, Executive Director of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), about things K-12 schools should take into account when traveling with students, either in the U.S. or overseas. /episode/index/show/unitededucators/id/24423234

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