Duane Morris LLP June 5, 2020 Alerts & Updates The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPP Flexibility Act), which changes some of the components of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), was passed by the House of Representatives on […]
Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 4, 2020 Dive Brief: In testimony before the Senate’s health and education committee Thursday, three college presidents outlined their plans to reopen campuses for the fall term, detailing the potentially costly precautions they would take to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The trio of […]
Education Dive Halle Busta June 4, 2020 Dive Brief: The number of colleges saying they still have space for incoming students rose slightly from May 1 to June 1, according to a list kept by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Around 775 schools had space as of June […]
EdSurge Tony Wan June 2, 2020 The College Board has “paused” efforts to let students take the SAT at home, a plan it shared in April as an available option for students who want to take the college-admissions test but are unable to with many testing centers shuttered by the pandemic. In […]
Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford June 4, 2020 Many college reopening plans hinge on colleges’ ability to effectively implement COVID-19 spread-prevention guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local authorities. Without widespread testing, bringing in students from different locations to live together in close proximity could be […]
Duane Morris LLP June 3, 2020 Duane Morris Blogs On June 1, 2020 the California Attorney General (AG) submitted the final text of the CCPA regulations to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval. The final regulations appear to be unchanged from the latest draft published on March 11, 2020. […]
Inside Higher Ed Matt Reed June 1, 2020 A glaring gap at a Senate hearing. A faithful reader sent me a heads-up about the June 4 Senate committee hearing on “Going Back to College Safely.” Witnesses scheduled to testify include Mitch Daniels, from Purdue; Christina Paxson, from Brown; Logan Hampton, from Lane […]
Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf May 27, 2020 Among the most long-standing complaints in higher education is the method by which the U.S. Department of Education tracks the financial health of private nonprofit and for-profit schools. The financial responsibility composite score, a measure built into the Higher Education Act, examines colleges’ liquidity, equity […]
Forbes Wesley Whistle May 29, 2020 Waiting until almost the very last minute on a Friday, President Trump issued his first veto of domestic policy legislation. This veto was of House Joint Resolution 76, sponsored by Representative Susie Lee (D-NV), a bill that would’ve prevented Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from implementing […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami May 29, 2020 Weighing in for the first time on the push by colleges to be protected from coronavirus-related lawsuits should they reopen, Senator Patty Murray said she opposes granting a “liability shield” because it would essentially say, “it’s okay if students or employees get […]