Higher education’s role in addressing racial disparities and police brutality
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Over the past week, protests against police officers’ use of force against black men and women have rocked American cities. American institutions are facing a reckoning, and higher education is not excluded.
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UW NEWS — The University of Washington today announced a $250,000 gift from UW Regent Blaine Tamaki and his wife, Preciosa Tamaki, to the School of Law to support efforts to increase diversity, provide students with greater access to mental health resources, and support the work of UW Law faculty and students in the Tribal Court…
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LAW.COM – I almost never cover panel discussions that dispense advice to lawyers on how to succeed, because they’re usually so predictable. (How many times do you need to be told the importance of having a sponsor, learning the client’s business and standing up straight?)
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – Another analysis documents productivity declines among women during COVID-19. This one, published in Nature Index, looks at submissions to 11 preprint repositories (indicative of overall research activity) and three platforms for registered reports (indicative of new projects). Over all, the authors found that women submitted fewer articles in March and April 2020…
Read More about Fewer women submit research articles amid pandemicSMU Dedman Law Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center awarded grant from Texas Bar Foundation
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW – The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at SMU Dedman School of Law was awarded a $26,890 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to fund research to improve access to counsel for impoverished defendants in rural Texas. Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $21…
Read More about SMU Dedman Law Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center awarded grant from Texas Bar FoundationReport: Women and minority professionals hold fewer leadership roles in higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Women and minority professionals are gaining representation in several higher education employment areas but continue to hold leadership roles less often than their white male counterparts.
Read More about Report: Women and minority professionals hold fewer leadership roles in higher educationExperts fear law firm cuts could disproportionately affect women and attorneys of color
BLOOMBERG LAW — Firms are turning to layoffs, pay cuts, and furloughs to weather the economic storm caused by the pandemic, and diversity experts are anxious that minority lawyers and the efforts designed to help them could bear the worst of the financial pain.
Read More about Experts fear law firm cuts could disproportionately affect women and attorneys of colorOpinion: Black student loan debt exacerbated by pandemic
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Black students are more likely to borrow, borrow more, struggle with repayment and default on their student loans than their peers. Default occurs after a borrower is 270 days late, and it is the most disastrous financial outcome of student debt.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The number of Hispanic-serving institutions has increased by 93 percent over the past decade, but the majority of Latinx enrollment is concentrated in less than 20 percent of colleges and universities. A new analysis from Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit focused on Latinx student success, serves as a primer on where Latinx and Hispanic students are enrolling…
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UCLA LAW SCHOOL — UCLA School of Law’s trailblazing Law Fellows Program has won the 2020 Diversity Leadership Award from the American Bar Association’s litigation section.
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