College staff face layoffs and furloughs amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in waves of layoffs and furloughs in higher education. While adjunct faculty and other academic workers have been affected, employees who work in nonacademic and nonadministrative roles, such as dining and custodial services, have been particularly targeted.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Ed-tech innovators and investors haven’t missed faculty members’ widespread frustration with current videoconferencing tools’ limitations. Start-up company Engageli announced today that it has raised $14.5 million in seed funding to develop a new platform for remote instruction.
Read More about Education technology company announces development of platform for live online classesScholars call on university officials to adopt student-centered public health policies
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As more than 100 experts in public health, infectious diseases, mental health, social sciences and clinical care, holding faculty positions at universities across the country, we call on university administrators to embrace a more humane approach to students during the coronavirus pandemic.
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ABA JOURNAL — “Cornell raised her sights to think about law school. I think she viewed teaching as part of her commitment; she was teaching a nation if you will,” says Judith Areen, executive director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools.
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GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS JOURNAL — Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus will close Aug. 31, pending approval by its accrediting agencies. The closure is a part of WMU Cooley Law School’s decision to consolidate all of its Michigan campuses into one central location in Lansing. This decision follows other changes.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — College graduates with an associate’s degree in nursing from Santa Rosa Junior College in California make more money than graduates from some programs at Harvard University, a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows.
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CNN — Brianna Hill, a recent graduate of the Loyola University School of Law in Chicago, knew she would be pregnant during her bar exam, but she wasn’t expecting a huge curveball in timing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read More about Loyola Chicago Law graduate Brianna Hill gives birth during bar examUC Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment launches GrizzlyCorps to help farm and forest communities
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Berkeley Law’s top-ranked environmental law program is blazing yet another new trail with the launch of GrizzlyCorps. GrizzlyCorps is a nascent AmeriCorps effort that sends recent college graduates to work in farm and forest communities across California. Each year, the initiative will select 20 fellows.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment launches GrizzlyCorps to help farm and forest communitiesUC Berkeley Law clinics help drive new legislation in California
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — In the final weeks of September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law seven bills spearheaded by Berkeley Law clinics and centers that focus on protecting residents’ civil, financial, and environmental rights. Berkeley Law this year marshaled a powerful confluence of efforts by faculty and students.
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UC HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — UC Hastings College of the Law and Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing properties, announced a mixed-use complex that will provide essential student housing including academic, community, and retail space on the UC Hastings campus in San Francisco.
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