Yale Law professor John Morley to give lecture on generational equity
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Professor John Morley ’06 will present the inaugural lecture of his appointment as Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law on Feb. 24, 2025.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — An organization for Yale undergraduates started by Law School students Chad Borgman ’25 and Katherine Salinas ’25 aims to help litigants navigate the challenging small claims system in Connecticut.
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NBC NEWS — A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding paid out by the federal government.
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NPR — An independent research arm within the U.S. Department of Education is being all but shut down, employees of the department say. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering and disseminating data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.
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NEW YORK TIMES — Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts. Other schools are promising to resist.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis.
Read More about Department of Government Efficiency’s access to education department data raises concernsCongress considers cuts to federal education funding
AP NEWS — As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”
Read More about University faculty react to recent executive orders attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion initiativesTwo Iowa lawmakers call for a two-gender policy on university campuses
CBS IOWA — A proposal to the Iowa Board of Regents regarding gender policies comes after the Executive Order signed by President Trump on gender definition.
Read More about Two Iowa lawmakers call for a two-gender policy on university campusesAdvocacy groups call for the investigation of ABA diversity clerkship hiring program
BLOOMBERG LAW — Advocacy groups on Monday asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate the American Bar Association over alleged bias in a diversity clerkship hiring program.
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