Tag: regulation

October 16, 2020

The non-binding guidance comes as schools begin to increase in-person learning options and as states and communities determine efficient and reliable mitigation efforts to reduce the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Schools can be vital community centers for […]

July 13, 2020

While the report found school-targeted shootings tend to occur in high-income, low-minority areas, it also found schools in urban, low-income and high-minority areas faced more shootings overall and were often committed by nonstudents or unknown shooters in response to disputes. […]

June 30, 2020

The opinion is likely welcome news for the president, coming less than a week after the court ruled June 18 that his administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was mishandled, leaving the policy in place […]

September 25, 2018

The higher education industry is not only weighing what kind of data to share with potential students and their families but also how extensive it should be. For this year’s “best college” rankings, U.S. News & World Report dropped acceptance […]

May 8, 2018

Online education holds tremendous promise: it has the potential to lower costs, enhance learning outcomes, and make college accessible for students who lack the flexibility or means to attend a traditional program. As a nation, our goal should be to […]

June 28, 2016

Under usual circumstances, institutional autonomy is a good idea for any public governance. But in Tennessee, the prospects for growth under the FOCUS Act appear to be questionable. The Tennessee Board of Regents will remain in control of the state’s […]

April 1, 2016

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the outlook for the higher education sector, overall, in 2015, increasing it from negative to stable for the first time in two years. But with its change came a caveat: that regional public universities and small […]