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U.S. Department of Education June 19, 2020 WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today a new higher education discretionary grant program designed to provide students the opportunity to develop new skills, provide innovators and inventors the resources to expand existing businesses or build new ones, and encourage […]

Duane Morris LLP June 15, 2020 Alerts & Updates On November 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education published a final rule regarding state authorization. The new rule is effective July 1, 2020. This Alert highlights required changes for state authorization and consumer disclosures, some of which apply to institutions offering on-ground programs. Key […]

Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami June 18, 2020 For the second time in a week, a federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing its interpretation that limits student eligibility for emergency aid grants under CARES Act for some colleges. But the department in a statement said […]

Education Dive Naaz Modan and Hallie Busta June 18, 2020 Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday announced in a 5-4 decision that the Trump administration cannot end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era initiative that allows individuals who came to the U.S. as children to receive two-year temporary protection […]

The Hechinger Report Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz June 17, 2020 In March, as colleges and universities around the country shuttered their campuses under a nationwide lockdown, Strayer University updated its website with a simple message: “Great things can happen at home.” Capella University, owned by the same company as […]

Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 11, 2020 Dive Brief: After several weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Department of Education has determined that unauthorized and international students can’t get federal coronavirus relief, according to an emergency regulation the agency issued Thursday. The “interim final rule” restricts Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) […]

Education Dive Natalie Schwartz June 10, 2020 Dive Brief:  California lawmakers are pushing to defund the state’s first online-only community college and reallocate the more than $100 million in savings to other institutions in its two-year system, according to a state Assembly report. However, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the community […]

Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie June 11, 2020 Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid. Three institutions were successfully targeted by hackers using this approach in the past two weeks. […]

DCA NEWS News from the California Department of Consumer Affairs Brady Oppenheim June 10, 2020 Apply to become a volunteer board member We see you out there: You want to give back to your community by volunteering, but also would like a unique, interesting, and engaging experience. The Department of […]

Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour June 10, 2020 Two new reports highlight the gaps in employability skills among college graduates. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities surveyed stakeholders across 31 universities on the importance of certain skills and how prepared students are in those skills, as well as […]