Hundreds of colleges change reopening plans for fall semester
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Hundreds of colleges announced early this summer they would be reopening for in-person instruction this fall. As start dates near, many backtrack, citing a worsening health crisis.
Read More about Hundreds of colleges change reopening plans for fall semesterMore colleges cut tuition rates amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In surveys, polling data and lawsuits, the message from students is clear: we expect to pay less for online instruction.
Read More about More colleges cut tuition rates amid pandemicSurvey: Students do not trust colleges to protect them from COVID-19
INSIDE HIGHER ED — More than half of students lack trust in their college or university to protect them and faculty members from the coronavirus, according to a recent survey report published on Aug. 6 by College Pulse, a company that tracks student opinion.
Read More about Survey: Students do not trust colleges to protect them from COVID-19Pandemic may allow large private donors to expand influence over colleges and universities
USA TODAY — Long before the coronavirus hit the United States, cash-strapped public higher education systems looked to private donors to offset the steady decline in public funding, sometimes with significant secrecy and strings attached.
Read More about Pandemic may allow large private donors to expand influence over colleges and universitiesNALP Report: 2019 law graduates land highest employment rate in 12 years
BLOOMBERG LAW — The last law school graduating class before the coronavirus pandemic notched a near record high employment rate, a new report found, but it warned that the virus is likely to squelch similar outcomes in the coming years.
Read More about NALP Report: 2019 law graduates land highest employment rate in 12 yearsSurvey: Use of open educational resources increases during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Initiatives to raise awareness of open educational resources are working — with more faculty choosing OER over traditional textbooks, survey finds. Advocates say pandemic and recession are also driving interest.
Read More about Survey: Use of open educational resources increases during the pandemicFordham Law Democracy Clinic publishes article on voting by mail
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Administering the upcoming 2020 presidential election poses unique challenges in light of COVID-19. To say the least, traditional in-person voting at polling sites runs antithetical to social distancing guidelines. Yet the reality is that Election Day will move forward regardless of the pandemic.
Read More about Fordham Law Democracy Clinic publishes article on voting by mailFordham Law Center on National Security publishes report on COVID-19 global response
CENTER ON NATIONAL SECURITY AT FORDHAM LAW — The Center on National Security is pleased to present its first issue of The Biosecurity Project – Report #1: COVID-19 Detection and Response.
Read More about Fordham Law Center on National Security publishes report on COVID-19 global responseMarquette Law conducts poll on Wisconsin voters’ attitudes towards COVID-19 and the upcoming election
SPECTRUM NEWS 1 — A new August poll from Marquette University Law School covers a variety of topics. The data, released Tuesday, polled 801 registered voters and 694 likely voters. The margin of error for the full sample is +/-3.9 percent, while the margin of error for the likely voter sample is +/-4.2 percent.
Read More about Marquette Law conducts poll on Wisconsin voters’ attitudes towards COVID-19 and the upcoming electionABA House of Delegates approves resolutions providing flexibility to law schools during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Resolutions regarding distance-education programs, the adoption of emergency policies by law schools, teach-out plans and provisional program approval were approved this week by the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates.
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