(From SHRM) Employers can legally require COVID-19 vaccination for employees to re-enter the workplace and can provide incentives to encourage employees to get a shot, so long as the incentive is not so substantial as to
(From ICEF Monitor) Student housing bookings are up for fall 2021, with students arriving expecting face-to-face teaching or at least a hybrid model, according to leading purpose-build student accommodation (PBSA) CEOs.
(From JD Supra) Last week, federal legislation intended to clarify and expand protections for pregnant employees passed the House of Representatives. The bill would require private sector employers with 15 or more worker
(From NPR) Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised earlier guidelines regarding mask use and vaccinations at summer camps. The agency now says that when everyone at camp is vaccinated it is "s
(From The Washington Post) Already bracing for an enrollment crash expected to hit in 2025, higher education got more bad news this week: The U.S. birth rate fell 4% in 2020, marking the lowest number of births since 197
(More from Venable LLP) Over the past year, higher education institutions across the country have faced class action lawsuits from students and parents/guardians as a result of forced closings and online or hybrid course
(From Inside Higher Ed) With some exceptions, colleges and universities are planning to restore or have already restored the faculty retirement benefits they cut during COVID-19, according to a new report on faculty comp
(From NPR) New research released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compares COVID-19 infection rates across 169 K-5 schools. Between Nov. 16 and Dec. 11, researchers found that infection rates were
(From The Washington Post) Although most vaccination requirements have been issued at the state level in recent decades, whether individual schools can add to the list of required vaccines remains an open question, and m
(From Chronicle of Philanthropy) Though overall giving increased by as much as 5.2% from the previous year, most nonprofits saw fundraising revenue drop 5 to 10 percent as the lion’s share of giving went to organizations
(From Wall Street Journal) While most countries are still cranking up their vaccination drives, some are already making plans to deliver millions of booster shots as soon as September of this year. Disease experts say th
(From Forbes) Ensuring women are equally represented in top managerial, C-suite and board roles can help nonprofits meet the bottom line. In fact, an analysis of 5,825 new executive appointments by S&P Global found t
(From The Washington Post) The Biden administration announced today that roughly 39 million American families will begin receiving direct cash payments under a new child benefit created by Democrats’ coronavirus relief b
(From The New York Times) The CDC has formally adopted a recommendation from a panel of its independent advisers to use Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents age 12 to 15, clearing the final remaining federal hurdle t
(From NPR) People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, the director of the CDC announced Thursday. Though the
(From NBOA) A frequent topic on NBOA Connect is the structure of the independent school business office. NBOA member schools often ask, “How many FTEs are in the business office and what are employees’ responsibilities?”
(From Vanderbilt University) New research from Vanderbilt University showed the COVID-19 pandemic was impacting where people decided to move their families. Researchers looked at data from more than 300,000 inter-state m
(From CNBC) The pandemic has brought a shift in independent school education — and the change may continue post-pandemic. A recent survey by EdChoice showed that 41% of parents would prefer a private education for their
(From SHRM) More than a third (33%) of surveyed companies say they will continue to work remotely after the pandemic, and 36% have made the decision to reduce the number or size of their offices or facilities, according
(From KHN) Academic air-quality experts are now telling schools to be wary of air purifying devices that promise to kill COVID-19 particles after several devices sold to schools were found to produce levels of ozone that
