CECU – Career Education Colleges and Universities December 23, 2020 Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) President and CEO, Dr. Jason Altmire, issued the following statement following President-Elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as the next U.S. Secretary of Education. “All of us at CECU congratulate Commissioner Cardona on his appointment. Given his […]
HIGHER ED DIVE Jeremy Bauer-Wolf December 22, 2020 Dive Brief: President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday tapped Miguel Cardona, the chief of Connecticut’s public schools, to lead the U.S. Department of Education. Cardona, a Latino man with two decades of experience in K-12 schools, fulfills Biden’s pledge to pick an Education Secretary with deep roots in public […]
HR DIVE Ryan Golden December 16, 2020 Dive Brief: Employers can require proof that employees have received a COVID-19 vaccine — with some exceptions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in Dec. 16 guidance. COVID-19 vaccinations approved by the Food and Drug Administration do not constitute medical examinations under […]
Duane Morris LLP December 16, 2020 ALERTS AND UPDATES With the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC and approval of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine expected imminently, America is seeing light at the end of the very long tunnel that […]
Education Dive Natalie Schwartz December 11, 2020 Dive Brief: Business Roundtable, a nonprofit representing CEOs of major U.S. companies, announced a new initiative this week to recognize skills, rather than only college degrees, in the hiring process. More than 80 member companies have signed onto the initiative. In addition to implementing new recruitment strategies, […]
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAILY David Baime December 13, 2020 Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has publicly released its formal top-line transition agenda for the incoming Biden administration. President-elect Joe Biden has created numerous teams, generally focused on individual departments, […]
Career Education Review Jenny December 14, 2020 Unitek receives nursing-board approval to offer their BSN program in Concord, California In November, Unitek received nursing-board approval to expand their BSN program to the Concord community. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) pre-licensure program will provide students with a coveted degree […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami December 11, 2020 A measure passed by the Senate Wednesday night would among other things require a review of whether colleges should be eligible to accept GI Bill funds if they have been penalized by federal or state authorities. While the measure, which is expected […]
Yahoo Finance Thomas Rodgers December 10, 2020 Whiteboard Advisors’ asked policymakers, staff, advocates to predict the timing of K-12 and higher education policy shifts; student loan forgiveness, K-12 testing, and Title IX changes likely, survey finds WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Whiteboard Advisors, a unique strategy consulting, research, and communications firm focused […]
Career Education Review Jenny December 11, 2020 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8, 2020 — Nearly every element of American society is dependent upon reliable electrical service. A new study recently revealed a critical need to train and employ more than 250,000 skilled electrical workers to keep pace with energy demand over […]