Some college graduates turn to trades education amid pandemic
THE HECHINGER REPORT — A lot of people have invested time and money getting four-year degrees only to return for career and technical education in fields ranging from firefighting to automation to nursing, in which jobs are relatively plentiful and salaries and benefits comparatively good, but which are faster and far less costly.
Read More about Some college graduates turn to trades education amid pandemicLaw School Survey of Student Engagement report looks at changes in legal education over the last 15 years
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Law School Survey of Student Engagement, released Tuesday, chronicles changes in law education in the United States from 2004 to 2019. While law education has become more diverse in terms of race and ethnicity, those gains have been unequal. The report also details ballooning debt burdens for law students.
Read More about Law School Survey of Student Engagement report looks at changes in legal education over the last 15 yearsUC Irvine Law dean L. Song Richardson named next president of Colorado College
THE COLORADO SPRINGS BUSINESS JOURNAL — L. Song Richardson will be the 14th president of Colorado College. Richardson, who is Black and Korean, will be the first woman of color to hold the presidency at CC. Richardson is currently the dean and chancellor’s professor of law at University of California Irvine School of Law.
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Mary J. Davis, interim dean of University of Kentucky’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law, has been appointed dean of the law school , effective Jan. 1, 2021. She will be the first woman to be permanent dean of the law school, according to a university press release.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia has appointed Risa Goluboff to a second term as dean of the University of Virginia School of Law. Executive Vice President and Provost Liz Magill ’95 announced the five-year reappointment to the UVA Law community Friday.
Read More about University of Virginia reappoints Risa Goluboff as law school deanVermont Law considers move to Burlington
VALLEY NEWS — Officials at Vermont Law School are working on a strategic plan to restructure the state’s only law school and keep it in South Royalton, but relocating the campus to Burlington is also under consideration, the chairman of the VLS Board of Trustees said on Monday.
Read More about Vermont Law considers move to BurlingtonA look at efforts to improve college enrollment in rural areas
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Students may aim for a four-year university. They may attend a local community college or technical school. They may choose the military. A few may go to colleges like Vanderbilt and Yale. But the goal is not to name-check elites; it’s to educate local students for living-wage jobs.
Read More about A look at efforts to improve college enrollment in rural areasPitzer College announces bachelor’s degree program for incarcerated students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Pitzer College is launching a bachelor’s degree program for incarcerated students, according to a media advisory. The college claims to be the first college in the nation to create such a program. Both incarcerated students and Pitzer students will take the courses inside a correctional facility.
Read More about Pitzer College announces bachelor’s degree program for incarcerated studentsReport: Women and faculty of color have lower salaries and less job security than White or male faculty
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Women and people of color make less money and have less job security than their white, male counterparts in academe, according to a new “snapshot” analysis of federal data from 2018 by the American Association of University Professors. “That these data sets predate the advent of COVID-19 is cause for true alarm.”
Read More about Report: Women and faculty of color have lower salaries and less job security than White or male facultySecretary of State Mike Pompeo criticizes US colleges with ties to China
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of Chinese government influence on American campuses and accused university leaders of censoring themselves out of fear of offending China during a speech Wednesday at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The speech was notable for the strident tone.
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