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Are there legal issues for colleges to worry about?

Are there legal issues for colleges to worry about?

Here’s what higher education lawyers say should be on college leaders’ radars. Whether institutions can be held liable for students, faculty and staff members contracting COVID-19 on campus is top of mind for leaders mulling reopening plans, but that’s not the only legal pitfall they have to worry about.

Are there any legal issues for college reopening?

A litany of legal issues looms for colleges considering reopening in the fall, from safety to online accessibility to federal stimulus funding. Here’s what higher education lawyers say should be on college leaders’ radars.

Why are there so many lawsuits against colleges?

In the final months of the spring semester, lawsuits cropped up in response to room and board reimbursements, or lack thereof, and online AP testing complications. Colleges have for weeks lobbied Congress for liability protection should students or employees get sick.

What do professors don’t tell you about college?

Sample exams, copies of old exams, study guides, hints dropped by the TA in section, and questions gone over by the prof in review sessions are often exact road maps of what’s going to be on the test. Don’t stare a gift horse in the mouth. 10. “This would be a great field to major in—if you don’t mind lifetime unemployment.”

Here’s what higher education lawyers say should be on college leaders’ radars. Whether institutions can be held liable for students, faculty and staff members contracting COVID-19 on campus is top of mind for leaders mulling reopening plans, but that’s not the only legal pitfall they have to worry about.

Are there any questions that most college students can’t answer?

That Bruce Wayne’s (a.k.a. Batman’s) butler is named Alfred rose from 137 th to 101 st in rank of questions answered correctly; that Marlboro was the first cigarette with a flip-top box is twice as known today as it was in 1980; and that a short pleated skirt worn by Scottish men is called a “kilt” danced up to 25 th in 2012 from 79 th in 1980.

A litany of legal issues looms for colleges considering reopening in the fall, from safety to online accessibility to federal stimulus funding. Here’s what higher education lawyers say should be on college leaders’ radars.

Sample exams, copies of old exams, study guides, hints dropped by the TA in section, and questions gone over by the prof in review sessions are often exact road maps of what’s going to be on the test. Don’t stare a gift horse in the mouth. 10. “This would be a great field to major in—if you don’t mind lifetime unemployment.”