Law schools roll out new measures as COVID-19 again threatens in-person classes
REUTERS — It’s back to remote learning for some law schools—at least temporarily. A growing number of universities in recent days have announced they’re reverting to online classes for the first several weeks of January in hopes of minimizing the spread of COVID-19, which has surged in many places with the arrival of the highly contagious Omicron…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Bar exam developers are warning that some states may delay February’s tests for a month as the Covid-19 omicron variant spreads in the U.S. Most states will likely hold the exam in person on Feb. 22-23, but “testing materials will be available for makeup dates in late March,” the National Conference of Bar Examiners…
Read More about COVID-19 concerns pressure states to consider bar exam delaysSome law schools move online for final exams as COVID-19 cases rise
REUTERS – At least three law schools abruptly moved their final exams online this week after their universities announced new campus closures tied to COVID-19. Cornell University on Tuesday shut down its Ithaca campus after reporting nearly 500 COVID-19 cases last week, halfway through the law school’s nine-day finals period. New York University and George Washington University…
Read More about Some law schools move online for final exams as COVID-19 cases riseOmicron variant forces colleges to rethink COVID-19 plans
AP NEWS — Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes. The threat of the omicron variant comes as a gut…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Middlebury moves all classes and final exams online; Cornell cancels all student gatherings; Penn calls off indoor social events; Tulane reinstates mask mandate; Rochester bans holiday parties; more colleges require booster shots. Colleges continue to respond to increases in the number of students getting coronavirus. Responses range from moving all classes and final exams…
Read More about How colleges are responding to rising COVID-19 casesLaw firms grapple with decision to return to the office amid COVID-19 uncertainty
REUTERS — Law firm Goodwin Procter this week told its U.S. lawyers and staff that working in the office will be “entirely voluntary” until mid-March, citing the evolving state of the pandemic. The Boston-founded law firm had been “encouraging” lawyers to work in the office at least two days per week starting in November, and had planned…
Read More about Law firms grapple with decision to return to the office amid COVID-19 uncertaintyColleges move exams online, urge boosters as coronavirus cases rise and omicron fears grow
THE WASHINGTON POST — Colleges around the country are worrying about outbreaks of the coronavirus, leading some to pivot online and cancel events, and others to abruptly change rules on campus in the waning days of the fall semester. At Cornell University, where cases of the omicron variant have been confirmed and many more are…
Read More about Colleges move exams online, urge boosters as coronavirus cases rise and omicron fears growHow colleges are preparing for the omicron variant
THE WASHINGTON POST — College officials were already bracing for a potential rise in coronavirus cases when students returned to campus after Thanksgiving break. Then the world learned of the omicron variant, with its troubling mutations and a host of unknowns. “We are concerned,” said Gerri Taylor, co-chair of the American College Health Association covid-19…
Read More about How colleges are preparing for the omicron variantThe American College Health Association releases new COVID-19 guidelines
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The American College Health Association released on Monday its latest recommendations for Covid-19 policy on college campuses. The guidelines come as the country prepares to enter its second pandemic winter, and the world awaits more news on whether the omicron variant is more infectious or deadly than its predecessors.
Read More about The American College Health Association releases new COVID-19 guidelinesColleges face challenges as federal pandemic relief funds end in 2022
HIGHER ED DIVE — The findings are consistent with other leading indicators of the higher ed sector’s condition. Colleges have benefited from substantial federal relief funding, but the 2022 calendar year is likely the last in which that pot of money will buoy institutions’ budgets, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday. Admissions and retention challenges mount, as undergraduate…
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