We need tuition-free college for adults
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan recently announced a plan to make essential pandemic workers in her state eligible for free college.
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Rainbow Six ‘copy’ lands Apple and Google in copyright court
Ubisoft is suing Apple and Google over a Chinese mobile game it says is "a near carbon copy" of one of its most popular games, Rainbow Six: Siege.
These two law firms have filed 28 coronavirus-related lawsuits against universities, and counting
The number of colleges facing class-action lawsuits over their refusal to refund any tuition dollars after schools switched to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has grown in recent weeks, and two law firms are leading the charge.
Open-Access Publishing and the Coronavirus
Some publishers are moving toward an open model, prompted by COVID-19.
DeVos’s handling of relief funds hurt some of the neediest schools
Schools, anticipating a deepening economic crisis, had lobbied for more aid from the stimulus bill, but they still welcomed the support.
Amazon to make face shields and sell at cost
Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US.
Disney forces explicit Club Penguin clones offline
Disney has ordered unauthorised copies of its Club Penguin game to close, after the BBC found children were being exposed to explicit messages.
School apologizes after media firestorm over prof’s ‘islamaphobic’ test questions
An Arizona Community College Professor was targeted with violent threats in a campaign against him for asking controversial questions about Islam on a quiz.
Pandemic ‘will drive universities into lifelong education’
Longevity experts predict that with universities forced online and desperate for new revenue, shift to older students will follow
DeVos funnels Coronavirus relief funds to favored private and religious schools
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, using discretion written into the coronavirus stabilization law, is using millions of dollars to pursue long-sought policy goals that Congress has blocked.
