Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford June 29, 2021 The San Mateo Community College District in California will double its tuition-free program and expand dual enrollment for local high school students with one-time funding its board approved last week. The Board of Trustees approved a one-time boost of $6.75 million for the […]
ED SCOOP Benjamin Freed June 23, 2021 Research published Wednesday by BlackBerry details a recently identified trojan being used by a ransomware gang that’s increasingly turned its sights on K-12 school districts and higher education institutions in the United States. The remote access trojan, or RAT, which BlackBerry researchers dubbed […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 23, 2021 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education has formally announced plans to issue a new regulation governing Title IX, the law prohibiting sexual violence on K-12 and college campuses. The department indicated in an online regulatory database that it would publish its proposed rule in May […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik June 23, 2021 Colleges should expect more students to attend college close to home and to look for low-cost options. Two surveys of high school students are being released today — and both suggest that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will be with colleges […]
Duane Morris June 18, 2021 On June 17, 2021, following a dizzying series of events, the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) voted to adopt new emergency temporary standards (ETS) for COVID-19, revising employer obligations designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Shortly thereafter, Governor Gavin […]
Inside Higher Ed Ray Schroeder June 16, 2021 The major threats to operations in higher education in past years were funding shortfalls, natural disasters and dropping enrollments. Now, criminal cyberactivity has risen to a top concern. This is a red-alert crisis for all of us: students, faculty, staff and institutions […]
Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely June 16, 2021 Over 40 higher education organizations signed on to written comments describing the problems with the Title IX regulations put into place by former secretary of education Betsy DeVos, calling them “antithetical to the fundamental educational nature and objectives of campus disciplinary processes.” The comments — submitted by […]
Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely June 27, 2021 The Department of Education has approved 18,000 borrower-defense claims for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute, canceling a total of $500 million in student loans. The for-profit college chain misled students about their possible employment prospects upon graduation and the ability […]
Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely June 17, 2021 The colleges appear to be leading students to risky loan providers, raising questions about the relationship between the institutions and lenders and how much information they’re disclosing to students. A report released last week by the Student Borrower Protection Center shed light on public […]
Higher Ed Dive Hallie Busta June 16, 2021 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education said Wednesday that discriminating against gay and transgender individuals violates Title IX, the federal law banning sex-based discrimination on campuses. The department based its decision on a 2020 Supreme Court ruling — Bostock v. Clayton County — that established those protections in federal […]