APLU In The News
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The New York Times
Colleges Get Billions in Coronavirus Relief, but Say Deal Falls Short of Needs
The $2 trillion stimulus package passed by the Senate on Wednesday will send about $14 billion to colleges and universities that are hemorrhaging money as they close their campuses and try to stay afloat with distance learning. But higher education leaders say that is far short of what they need in the face of an…
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Bloomberg Government
Colleges Seek More Than $50 Billion to Weather Virus Disruptions
Colleges are facing huge costs from the fallout of the new coronavirus on campuses, but emergency aid figures proposed in Congress so far are wholly inadequate to address the scale of the challenge, higher education lobby groups say. Postsecondary groups are calling on lawmakers to provide between $50 billion and $60 billion in assistance to…
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Inside Higher Ed
Dispute Over Student Loans Helps Stall Stimulus Bill
A $1.6 trillion stimulus proposal from Republicans to help the economy during the coronavirus crisis stalled in the Senate over a number of objections by Democrats, including that the proposal didn’t do enough to help those saddled with student debt. The bill was hindered as well by five Republican senators putting themselves in self-quarantine, including…
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Inside Higher Ed
Higher Ed Group Cheers SCOTUS Ruling in Copyright Case
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 9 to 0 that Congress does not have the authority to repeal states’ sovereign immunity from copyright infringement suits in the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990. States’ immunity extends to “instruments of the state,” including public colleges, which are often reservoirs of information and spearheading digital preservation efforts.…
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Inside Higher Ed
Looking for the Next Stimulus
Advocates who have been pushing for student loan debt to be canceled were disappointed that, even with a $2.2 trillion price tag, the stimulus package approved by the U.S. Senate late Wednesday night doesn’t do more. The president of the umbrella association representing colleges and universities also expressed disappointment, saying the amount of aid for…
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Crain’s Chicago Business
U of I seeks U.S. coronavirus aid
University of Illinois System leaders have added their voices to the many sectors seeking relief from Congress as it considers extensive emergency coronavirus aid.
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EdWeek
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Race-Bias in Contracting, Copyright Immunity
In two cases with potential implications in education, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued rulings that will benefit employers in lawsuits over race discrimination in contracting and bolster states against allegations of copyright infringement. In a major departure from normal practice due to coronavirus concerns, the justices issued opinions in four argued cases without…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
When Covid-19 Closed Colleges, Many Students Lost Jobs They Needed. Now Campuses Scramble to Support Them.
Ohio University leaders announced last week that, despite sending students home in response to the coronavirus pandemic, they would continue to employ and pay any student workers who wanted to keep their jobs. If they couldn’t work remotely — staffing a residence hall’s front desk, for instance — university officials said they’d find those students…
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