New White House plan will forgive loans for 40,000 borrowers
NEWSWEEK — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new plan to address “long-standing failures” within federal student loan programs, and the changes are set to result in immediate debt forgiveness for some 40,000 borrowers.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new study of COVID-19–era publication patterns by gender contradicts earlier research on the topic, suggesting that women haven’t published less than they did prior to the pandemic, over all.
Read More about New study shows the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on women publishing scholarly articlesSurvey: More than 75 percent of four-year college students consider dropping out due to stress
HIGHER ED DIVE — The high levels of emotional stress should be a call to action for higher education leaders, said Stephanie Marken, executive director of education research at Gallup.
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ABA JOURNAL — The ABA should change its model rules to allow licensed lawyers to provide legal services in any state, according to a proposal by a group of more than 400 lawyers and law professors who provide advice on legal ethics matters.
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LEGAL SCOOPS — Getting into law school takes hard work. The same applies to completing it and taking your bar exam, never mind the cost. Then, of course, getting your dream job is the next primary goal, but most positions require mid-level professionals with some experience.
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ABA JOURNAL — There is some good news to celebrate, as women and people of color continue to progress in the legal field, according to Yale Law Women’s Top Firms Report for 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court will no longer made up of a majority of white men after the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. And…
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REUTERS — It’s shaping up to be a season of disappointment for many would-be lawyers, with New York, Florida and Pennsylvania among the states reporting declines in their pass rate for the February bar exam.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — A recent Insight suggested that one source of law students’ stress is the expansion of experiential learning. Three New York University School of Law professors disagree, and say experiential learning is active, engaging, and helps to bring meaning to students’ legal education. This experience—and closer work with instructors—helps law students learn to…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Thanks to what we’ve all learned in our first-year legal research and writing course, it’s no surprise that law students and practicing attorneys both gravitate toward traditional research sources such as case law and statutes. But results from a recent Bloomberg Law survey suggest that usage of other research methods is far…
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Now that law schools are recovering from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are once again opening their campuses back up to visitors. It’s a good time for applicants to think about when and why they should visit prospective law schools – and what they should look out…
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