Survey: Faculty of color dissatisfied with university diversity and inclusion efforts
INSIDE HIGHER ED — White professors and their nonwhite counterparts have very different perceptions of what constitutes diversity and inclusion, according to a recent analysis from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
Read More about Survey: Faculty of color dissatisfied with university diversity and inclusion effortsUniversity at Buffalo Law NYC Program in Finance and Law moves online during the pandemic
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO — One of the most difficult challenges is making decisions amid uncertainty. UB law school had to make some tough calls on this year’s New York City Program in Finance and Law. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, they decided to move the program to the spring semester and to conduct it virtually.
Read More about University at Buffalo Law NYC Program in Finance and Law moves online during the pandemicNumber of first-generation and low-income college applicants drops during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — New data about the Common App show that what has been reported anecdotally in admissions is actually occurring in large numbers. Smaller and less competitive colleges are not getting many applications, and first-generation students and those who lack the money to pay for an application are not applying at the same rates.
Read More about Number of first-generation and low-income college applicants drops during the pandemicA look at the long-term effects of online learning on student well-being and academic success
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Research has shown that remote learning can be as good or better than in-person learning for the students who choose it. But thousands of students will soon be entering their third semester of remote instruction despite having self-selected for an in-person college experience.
Read More about A look at the long-term effects of online learning on student well-being and academic successKansas Board of Regents relaxes rules to make layoffs of tenured faculty easier
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Giving just one day’s notice to the faculty governance chairs at its universities, the Kansas Board of Regents voted this week to allow for emergency employee terminations and suspensions. Tenured professors are no exception. All nine voting regents approved the temporary policy, which takes effect immediately until the end of 2022.
Read More about Kansas Board of Regents relaxes rules to make layoffs of tenured faculty easierYoung lawyers struggle with work-life balance amid pandemic
LAW 360 — Young attorneys have faced unique mental health challenges since the coronavirus pandemic upended the legal industry and placed restrictions on how and where they could work. Less-established lawyers may lack the same support structures, making them more susceptible to depression, anxiety, stress, substance use.
Read More about Young lawyers struggle with work-life balance amid pandemicLawyers hope virtual law firm offices last beyond the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Blame it on the pandemic. Law offices throughout the country are finally tiptoeing into the virtual world. For most professions, this is nothing new: More than half of professionals worked remotely at least half the week before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, according to International Workplace Group research.
Read More about Lawyers hope virtual law firm offices last beyond the pandemicMichigan Supreme Court shifts to remote proceedings with spike in COVID-19 cases
ABA JOURNAL — Bridget Mary McCormack, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, says courtis less intimidating on screen. The state purchased Zoom licenses and videoconferencing hardware for courts prior to the pandemic, but few judges used the tools until April.
Read More about Michigan Supreme Court shifts to remote proceedings with spike in COVID-19 casesVermont Law names professor Beth McCormack interim president and dean
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Today, the Board of Trustees of Vermont Law School named Beth McCormack interim president and dean. Interim Dean McCormack is the first woman to hold the position in VLS’s history and succeeds Dean Thomas McHenry, who announced his intention to step down last November.
Read More about Vermont Law names professor Beth McCormack interim president and deanA look at law school applications and parental education attainment
U.S. NEWS — There is no reason to hide your parents’ achievements. Your parents’ educational background can be a meaningful part of the context that shaped you, which is why some law schools ask you about it. But law schools neither favor nor begrudge the children of professionals.
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