Duane Morris LLP December 10,2020 Alerts & Updates California has enacted new and detailed emergency safety and health regulations affecting virtually anyone who runs a business, school or other enterprise in the Golden State. California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) has issued emergency temporary standards for COVID-19 to clarify employer obligations […]
Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford December 10, 2020 The bankruptcy case began in 2014 after Anthem parent FCC Holdings Inc. was accused of predrawing federal financial aid dollars based on unsubstantiated enrollment projections. A former for-profit college operator settled with the U.S. Department of Education for $8 million as part of […]
EdSurge Jeffrey R. Young December 4, 2020 The pandemic has hit higher education hard, with falling enrollments in most types of colleges over the past year. A notable exception, though, are for-profit colleges, where overall enrollments held steady during that period, and first-time student enrollment is up, according to the latest data from the […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami December 3, 2020 In a move they said will help students get a better idea of how much they can borrow and afford to pay back, Education Department officials are expanding the College Scorecard to show how much graduates at institutions make based on their areas of […]
Inside Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden December 3, 2020 A federal judge on Tuesday set aside two Trump administration rules that narrowed eligibility for H-1B skilled worker visas and substantially increased wages for many H-1B holders. Colleges joined with businesses in suing to roll back the rules, which the Trump administration promulgated […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik December 3, 2020 More than a third of prospective college students are reconsidering higher education. And 43 percent of prospective students for one- and two-year programs are looking to delay enrollment, survey finds. More than one-third of prospective college students are reconsidering higher education in […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami December 3, 2020 As he prepares to leave the Senate in a month, Senator Lamar Alexander urged senators to find a way again to work across party lines to pass measures dealing with the nation’s major problems by wide margins. The Republican senator, in a farewell […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie December 2, 2021 The University of Arizona completed a deal for the for-profit Ashford University, it said yesterday, transferring control of Ashford from its parent company, Zovio, to a new nonprofit organization affiliated with the public university. Ashford will now operate as the University of […]
EINPRESSWIRE Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice December 1, 2020 SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a comment letter opposing a request by a national for-profit college accreditor seeking to regain its federal recognition. In response to a solicitation by the U.S. Department of Education […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie December 2, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met yesterday to decide which populations should be the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine after one is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and endorsed by the committee. The […]