Studies look at return on investment for college degree programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students pursuing a college degree generally have a sense of where their institution ranks in comparison to others, but not necessarily how their particular course of study measures up. Now they can find out. Using data from the latest College Scorecard, two new studies look much more granularly at how specific programs…
Read More about Studies look at return on investment for college degree programsAmazon will pay tuition and fees for US employees under new program
USA TODAY — Amazon’s more than 750,000 U.S. employees will soon be eligible to get a free college education with classes, books and additional fees covered. The e-commerce giant announced Thursday that it is expanding its education and skills training benefits to all hourly employees starting in January. Employees are eligible after 90 days of employment. Amazon expects to invest a total of…
Read More about Amazon will pay tuition and fees for US employees under new programFederal data shows decline in college enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Preliminary data released by the federal government today reaffirmed that colleges and universities lost hundreds of thousands of students last year as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on fall 2020 enrollments, particularly at community colleges. The new data, which also break down enrollment by state, shed light on some of the other…
Read More about Federal data shows decline in college enrollmentCollege student survey finds COVID protocols differ across regions
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Faculty and staff members reported stark differences in their colleges’ fall semester COVID-19 protocols and plans across institutions and geographic regions, according to a new national survey.
Read More about College student survey finds COVID protocols differ across regionsPandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely online
INSIDE HIGHER ED — It won’t be clear for a good while whether and how much the last year’s grand, unplanned experiment with remote learning has permanently altered the landscape for using technology to deliver college instruction. A first step, though, is getting good data on how patterns shifted during the last year — and that…
Read More about Pandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely onlineColleges see growth in students seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandates
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A group of students at Creighton University in Nebraska filed suit last week over the Jesuit university’s refusal to consider religious exemptions to its COVID-19 student vaccination requirement. Pope Francis and the U.S. Conference of Bishops have both urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but the students say they have objections…
Read More about Colleges see growth in students seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandatesMajority of undergraduate college students receive federal aid to pay tuition
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Around 60 percent of undergraduates used some form of federal financial aid to pay for their postsecondary education during the 2017-18 academic year, according to the latest data released by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Read More about Majority of undergraduate college students receive federal aid to pay tuitionNew York state bar assesses COVID-19’s effect on the future of the legal profession
REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”
Read More about New York state bar assesses COVID-19’s effect on the future of the legal professionLaw firms fall short when it comes to women in partnership ranks
ABA JOURNAL — About 23% of equity partners in U.S. law firms are women, even though women have made up at least 40% of U.S. law students for decades, according to a Glass Ceiling Report by Law360. Currently, women make up more than half of U.S. law students, but law firms aren’t retaining them, Law360 reports in…
Read More about Law firms fall short when it comes to women in partnership ranksElection fraud cases could impact the future of the legal profession
BLOOMBERG LAW — Penalties and discipline against a dozen attorneys over Trump-fueled election challenges probably won’t discourage similar fraud suits in the future, legal experts say. Lawyers behind dismissed cases in several states have been cited for violating professional standards requiring candor in the courtroom and barring the filing of suits not backed up by fact or…
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