In what is certain to be a controversial decision that could spark widespread organizing of faculty in private colleges and universities, the National Labor Relations Board adopted new standards for determining whether to exercise jurisdiction over self-identified religious colleges and universities under the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in NLRB v. Catholic Bishop, 440 U.S. 490 (1979), and for determining the managerial status of faculty pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in NLRB v. Yeshiva University, 444 U.S. 672 (1980). Pacific Lutheran University, 361 NLRB No. 157 (Dec. 16, 2014).   For more information on this decision, please see our extensive article here.