Schooleys Mountain
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Bangor Daily News
Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Howard University notified hundreds of first-time-in-college students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held, other colleges and universities are stepping up to fill the gap for students who are scrambling to find other options. Keana Johnson is one of them. The 17-year-old was looking forward […]
The Associated Press
Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Howard University notified hundreds of first-time-in-college students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held, other colleges and universities are stepping up to fill the gap for students who are scrambling to find other options. Keana Johnson is one of...
qchron.com
Ozone Park student wins big
Emma Fernandez of Ozone Park recently won a $3,000 scholarship from the New York Conference of Italian American State Legislators. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., a member of the conference, presented Fernandez with an oversized check at his Woodhaven office last month to commemorate the achievement. A graduate of St....
The National Law Review
NY Appeals Court Affirms Universities Owed Broad Defense Coverage Despite Certain Excluded Losses
Hunton’s insurance coverage team recently secured an important appellate victory for clients St. John’s University and Hofstra University in a coverage dispute arising from United Educators Insurance Company’s (“UE”) categorical refusal to defend or indemnify the universities in student class action lawsuits filed after the universities transitioned to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision is significant both for colleges and universities facing pandemic-related tuition refund suits, and for policyholders more broadly. It reaffirms a core principle of insurance law: a liability insurer’s defense duties require a defense even where some of the claims or relief sought in the underlying lawsuit may not be covered. Rather, where the allegations create a reasonable possibility of covered loss, the insurer must defend the entire lawsuit. Background: Pandemic-Related Student Lawsuits and the Coverage Dispute During the COVID-19 pandemic, St. John’s University and Hofstra University, like many institutions across the country, closed their campuses and shifted to remote instruction to protect students, faculty, and staff. The Universities were later named as defendants in putative class action lawsuits brought by students who alleged that they had not received the full benefit of the in-person educational experience for which they had paid. The students sought
yonkerstimes.com
Iona Prep Becomes 1st Accelerate Sports Network School in New York
Newly launched ASN to feature Gaels football, mirror NJ’s Super Football Conference Network for the metro area. Three Catholic State titles in the last five years have certainly helped the No. 1 New York high school football team accelerate its rise to national prominence. Now this fall, Iona Preparatory School’s football program will partner with Accelerate Media and its newly-launched Accelerate Sports Network (ASN) to provide enhanced broadcast, storytelling and sponsorship opportunities to its bevy of scholar-athletes.
longisland.com
Assemblyman Ed Ra Presents Capitol-Flown Flags To Local Elementary Schools
In celebration of Flag Day, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) presented four American flags, each flown over the New York State Capitol, to local elementary schools in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. Ra attended Manor Oaks School’s Flag Day assembly, where students learned about the symbolism of...
WashingtonExaminer
The blue state model continues to falter
In our recent comparison of New York and Florida, written in response to left-wing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s strange trolling of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, we briefly touched on how the Sunshine State is eating the Empire State’s lunch on education. Florida isn’t alone in this respect. Much has been made of the extraordinary “Mississippi […]
Business Insurance
Insurer must defend COVID-19 tuition refund suits: Appeals court
Hofstra University and St. John’s University can continue seeking coverage for COVID-19 tuition refund lawsuits because the underlying complaints sought damages beyond the return of tuition and fees, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday. In Hofstra University et al. v. United Educators, the Appellate Division of the New...