Lehigh University apologizes for plagiarizing antiracist statement from another university
INSIDE HIGHER ED — William Gaudelli, dean of Lehigh University’s College of Education, apologized for a recent college memo that included sections from a course description from another university, without attribution. The plagiarized memo was “unacceptable and inexcusable,” Gaudelli wrote in a message to faculty and staff members.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — “We knew we really wanted to focus this series on race, class, power, privilege, and their intersections with the law,” said Professor Fallon Speaker, one of the planning team members. “The goal was to think through how we could use as something that could really bridge to their practice.”
Read More about University of Richmond Law to host Law, Race, and Power speaker seriesLouisiana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Washington, D.C., announce plans for online February bar exam
ABA JOURNAL — Louisiana scheduled a remote open-book bar in February, according to a Nov. 25 state supreme court order. The other four jurisdictions—Washington, D.C.; Utah; Oregon; and Washington—have announced remote Uniform Bar Exams, which are offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Read More about Louisiana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Washington, D.C., announce plans for online February bar examKentucky Office of Bar Admissions scoring error affects 15 applicants who were initially informed they passed the bar exam
CNN — A Kentucky lawmaker is outraged after a scoring error led to 15 people being incorrectly told they had passed the state bar exam. Three who had been told they did not pass were told they actually passed. Officials said the mistake was not discovered prior to the release of the results.
Read More about Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions scoring error affects 15 applicants who were initially informed they passed the bar examMichigan to conduct February bar exam remotely
MICHIGAN LAWYERS WEEKLY — Michigan’s February bar exam will be conducted remotely, according to a Michigan Supreme Court announcement. What’s not changing is the traditional two-day format: the Board of Law Examiners, or BLE, will administer the online test Feb. 23-24, 2021.
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THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN — As Penn prepares to welcome all undergraduate students back to campus for a hybrid spring semester in the midst of record-high COVID-19 case counts, University health officials are pointing to Penn Law School’s containment of COVID-19 during its hybrid fall semester as an exemplar of how to reopen campus safely.
Read More about A look at Penn Law’s hybrid fall semesterCommunity colleges expect financial and enrollment declines through 2021
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Community colleges are expected to take financial and enrollment hits through 2021. Moody’s Investors Services announced its 2021 outlook for the sector is negative, as is its outlook for four-year public and private institutions. The poor outlook for community colleges is mostly due to the sharp enrollment declines this fall.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Two bond rating agencies on Tuesday issued pessimistic outlooks for the U.S. higher education sector for 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to strain enrollment and revenue, heighten long-term pressures, and hit certain types of institutions harder than others.
Read More about Bond rating agencies forecast financial challenges for US higher education in 2021Report: College enrollment rate drops for recent high school graduates
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem to have affected high school graduation rates. But it appears to have impacted how many of those graduates went straight to college. New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show that nearly 22 percent fewer students went to college immediately.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students’ incomes appear to have had major impacts on whether they continued at community colleges or left completely during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the Community College Research Center at Teachers College of Columbia University. The analysis used U.S. Census Bureau data.
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