The Chronicle of Higher Education Vimal Patel January 4, 2021 The end of the pandemic may be in sight. But thorny legal and logistical questions about vaccinations are just starting for colleges. Chief among them: Can colleges require their employees and students to receive Covid-19 vaccinations? And how should they […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik March 25, 2021 The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $50 million to more than 147,000 University of Phoenix students who may have been lured by allegedly deceptive advertisements. The refunds stem from a lawsuit the FTC filed against Phoenix alleging that it used […]
Delivered via E-Mail The Honorable Miguel Cardona Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202 Dear Secretary Cardona: On March 8, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Education (Department) to review and “consider suspending, revising, or rescinding” the Department’s rule entitled […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Scott Carlson March 23, 2021 The promise of the vaccine may bring back many aspects of our life from The Before Time — concerts, gyms, restaurants, and the movies. Many Americans are also hoping that herd immunity brings with it something else: the promise of […]
CAL MATTERS Shehreen Karim March 23, 2021 Dressed in a white gown and hooked to an IV pump, Tina Jones was sitting on a hospital bed when nursing student Erin Abille greeted her. Glancing at Jones’ chart, Abille saw that the patient came into the hospital for a foot infection […]
Inside Higher Ed Greta Anderson March 24, 2021 Two ranking Republican members of congressional education committees wrote to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Tuesday, advocating for the U.S. Department of Education to maintain Trump administration regulations that changed how colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct on campus. Representative Virginia Foxx, Republican leader of the […]
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 […]