US Supreme Court blocks decision to end DACA program
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was “arbitrary and capricious.”
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — As the clock was ticking toward the U.S. Supreme Court’s momentous decision on Thursday to block the Trump administration from immediately ending a program that has been a lifeline for undocumented students like herself, Erika Landa was struggling to concentrate on her studies, and her grades were slipping.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A federal judge in Washington State has blocked the Education Department’s rule limiting which college students are eligible for emergency grants but left in place a ban on undocumented students getting the aid.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The historic strength of the test-optional movement has been liberal arts colleges. Many that were not already test optional shifted their policies — some permanently, some for one or two years — in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic interfering with test taking in the spring. Eighty-five percent of the 100 top liberal…
Read More about Research universities forgo admissions testsUS Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ protections impacts colleges on how they define sex and enforce gender equality on campus
INSIDE HIGHER ED — U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling extending protections against employment discrimination to LGBTQ people has implications for how colleges define sex and enforce gender equality on campus.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — There is now a body of literature questioning the link between small class size and student success. A new study of interactions between different class sizes and more than a dozen other variables within Temple University’s general education program further supports the “small ain’t all” argument. It encourages educational researchers to look…
Read More about Study: Small class size may not benefit all studentsCollege graduates share frustrations with Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
YAHOO! FINANCE — Congress created the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) in 2007 to help various kinds of public service workers erase their student debt after ten years of loan payments. To better understand the PSLF process, Yahoo Finance spoke with two public servants who tried to use the PSLF program to get their student debt discharged.
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ABA JOURNAL — Earlier on in the pandemic, SixFifty produced free tools designed to help companies in transitioning from having their employees working at the office to working remotely. One tool helped companies generate extended sick leave and COVID-19 reimbursement policies, among others.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School announced today that it has received a gift of $125,000 from trustee Timothy O’Hara ’96 and his wife, Colleen, to support the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI). First announced in May, the Women’s Leadership Initiative is an innovative effort by Albany Law School’s Career and Professional Development Center and Office…
Read More about Albany Law School receives gift to support Women’s Leadership InitiativeUCLA Law dean Jennifer L. Mnookin joins Law School Admission Council board of trustees
UCLA LAW SCHOOL — UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin has been elected to a three-year term on the board of trustees of the Law School Admission Council, the nonprofit organization that administers the Law School Admission Test and runs several initiatives to increase diversity in legal education and the legal profession.
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