Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf November 7, 2020 Dive Brief: Joe Biden is the anticipated winner of the presidential election, according to forecasts by several news organizations and polling groups. His victory is not official until the Electoral College vote in December. Biden, who was vice president under the Obama administration, has pledged to expand free college and […]
Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour November 5, 2020 Companies like Chipotle and Amazon aren’t scaling back educational benefits for employees. Employer-based tuition reimbursement or debt-free college programs can be effective ways to retain workers and attract new ones. But they’re also an employee benefit. And benefits are one of […]
Education Next David A. DeSchryver Fall 2020 What might be done with his pen and his phone, on loan forgiveness, Title IX, testing, and more What would a Biden presidency mean for education policy? The answer depends on the balance of power in Congress, and, if Democrats take the […]
DUANE MORRIS October 27, 2020 Two months after the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations were finalized, the Department of Justice has already published proposed modifications to the final regulations. The majority of the proposed modifications relate to the notice of the right to opt out of selling personal information and methods for […]
INSIDE HIGHER ED Keri Murakami October 27, 2020 Senator Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators are urging Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to do more to hold the owners for-profit colleges personally financially liable for the cost to the federal government if the colleges are found to have defrauded their […]
Duane Morris LLP October 26, 2020 Among the precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is social distancing. In the workplace, that generally means being at least 6 feet away from another person. In this regard, we all should remember that it generally is not social distancing or wearing a mask, […]
Career Education Review Jenny October 26, 2020 Unitek to Join a Coalition of More Than 125 Pioneering Organizations for the Future of Arizona Postsecondary education has the power to shape the future of healthcare. Unitek Learning championed this cause for several decades. Their commitment has now been recognized by the […]
CooleyED Rebecca Flake and Kate Lee Carey October 22, 2020 The Department of Education’s webinar provided some helpful additional context and explanation regarding the October 30 HEERF institutional reporting requirements. In our October 8, 2020 blog post, we provided a summary of the recent Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) guidance […]
Inside Higher Ed Greta Anderson October 22, 2020 A judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of organizations that advocate for survivors of sexual assault and challenged the new federal rules […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami October 21, 2020 In a strongly worded order, a federal judge in California is signaling that he may put a stop to the Education Department’s nearly universal denials of requests by those who have been defrauded by for-profit colleges to have their student debts canceled. Attorneys […]