A look at Fordham University’s pre-law program
THE OBSERVER — Fordham Law School is a significant part of the Fordham community — the freshmen even share a building with it. Pursuing law school after college may be a daunting feat, but at Fordham, there is a program that helps ease the transition. However, if you would like to incorporate learning about law into your…
Read More about A look at Fordham University’s pre-law programOpinion: Co-authors may not get the credit they deserve
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In light of the frequent campus climate issues of recent years, many of us in higher education have been thinking about inherent biases in our institutions’ appointment, promotion and tenure systems. How might faculty of color and women be systematically thwarted when they try to move up the academic labor market? One…
Read More about Opinion: Co-authors may not get the credit they deserveOpinion: Professor details privacy concerns with recording classes
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — When the experience of sitting in the lecture hall is hardly more interactive than watching the lecture on a laptop screen, there are few downsides and plenty of upsides to recording. But for smaller, highly interactive classes — my forthcoming law-school class will have about 25 students and is designed to…
Read More about Opinion: Professor details privacy concerns with recording classesUniversity of Pittsburgh Law partners with Bloomsburg University on ‘3+3’ accelerated J.D/Bachelor’s program
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY — Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law have entered into an agreement that will allow qualified students to earn both an undergraduate degree and a law degree in six years, saving a full year of time and costs. Pitt’s Accelerated Law Admissions Program (ALAP) will allow BU students who…
Read More about University of Pittsburgh Law partners with Bloomsburg University on ‘3+3’ accelerated J.D/Bachelor’s programCollege Board study looks at earning disparities between college and high school graduates
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The median annual earnings for bachelor’s degree holders (with no advanced degree) who worked full-time in 2018 was $24,900 more than wages of their peers who held only high school credentials. The unemployment rate for people age 25 and older who hold at least a bachelor’s degree has consistently been about half…
Read More about College Board study looks at earning disparities between college and high school graduatesReport: Racial disparities found in graduate student loan debt levels
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The report looked at the $37 billion in student debt that U.S. graduate students accrue each year, and found that this amount increased by 7 percent between the 2010-11 and 2017-18 academic years. In contrast, undergraduate student debt decreased by 21 percent during that time period. Undergraduate enrollment has also decreased more substantially than graduate…
Read More about Report: Racial disparities found in graduate student loan debt levelsReport: Several college programs would fail Obama-era gainful employment standard today
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Only about 60 percent of programs at private nonprofit institutions, and 70 percent of those at public colleges and universities, would pass the Obama administration’s gainful-employment test, if it were in place and applied to them, according to an online tool developed by a conservative Texas policy group.
Read More about Report: Several college programs would fail Obama-era gainful employment standard todayGrowing number of legal scholars adopting and creating free textbooks
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Law school is notoriously expensive, but a growing number of professors are pushing back on the idea that law textbooks must be expensive, too. Faculty members at the New York University School of Law have taken matters into their own hands by publishing their own textbooks at no cost to students.
Read More about Growing number of legal scholars adopting and creating free textbooksRapid growth in the master’s degree market has not corresponded with a surge of students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The explosion of new master’s degree programs in recent years hasn’t corresponded with a surge in students, analysis by the research and technology services company EAB suggests. The National Center for Education Statistics has lowered its expectations for master’s degree growth every year for the past five years. The projected 10-year annual…
Read More about Rapid growth in the master’s degree market has not corresponded with a surge of studentsRecord number of Hispanic students are attending colleges nationwide
USA TODAY — The USA TODAY Network launched a series on the Latino community in the U.S. called Hecho en USA, or made in America. Roughly 80% of all Latinos living in the U.S. are American citizens. But media coverage of Hispanics tends to focus on immigration and crime, instead of how Latino families live, work…
Read More about Record number of Hispanic students are attending colleges nationwide