Update Ed Jonathan Helwink March 22, 2021 On March 10, 2021, Congress passed the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Building on previous Congressional relief bills – the CARES Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) – the ARPA commits significant resources to […]
NASFAA Jill Desjean March 19,2021 On Friday, the Department of Education (ED) released new guidance on the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grants authorized by Congress in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and later supplemented in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) and […]
McClintock & Associates Michael T. Wherry March 22, 2021 On March 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released long awaited guidance on the uses of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF) grants included in the various coronavirus relief legislation passed over the previous year: the Coronavirus Aid, […]
Politico Michael Stratford 03/19/2021 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday relaxed some of the Education Department’s restrictions on how colleges and universities may spend tens of billions of dollars in federal Covid relief assistance approved under former President Donald Trump. The department said colleges may now use the money […]
U.S. Department of Education March 19, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2021 Contact: Press Office (202) 401-1576 or press@ed.gov U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Assistance for Students and Institutions Through HEERF Grant Program and Expanded SNAP Benefits To provide ongoing relief from the COVID-19 emergency and implement provisions […]
Inside Higher Ed Lilah Burke March 19, 2021 Students who were misled by their institution and only received partial government relief are due more help, to the tune of $1 billion, the Education Department announced. The Education Department announced yesterday that students who were cheated by for-profit institutions and previously granted […]
Bloomberg Opinion Stephen L. Carter March 18, 2021 One has made it into this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but the real battle may be off the court. Sportswriters seem entranced by the presence of a for-profit school in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Given the resistance to allowing such institutions to play […]
Forbes Adam S. Minsky March 17, 2021 The IRS announced on Wednesday that it would push back this year’s tax filing deadline to May 17, 2021. A House Ways and Means Committee statement praised the decision. “This extension is absolutely necessary to give Americans some needed flexibility in a time […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie March 18, 2021 A group of cybercriminals is increasingly targeting colleges, schools and seminaries and attempting to extort them, the FBI’s Cyber Division has warned. In an advisory to cybersecurity professionals and system administrators published Tuesday, the FBI said that criminals are leveraging software called PYSA ransomware […]
NASFAA Owen Daugherty March 18, 2021 Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos notched a legal victory on Wednesday as a federal judge mostly upheld stricter standards put in place under her administration for debt relief for borrowers who were subject to fraud by their institutions. While U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield […]