Study: University officials focus on student mental health
INSIDE HIGHER ED — With college students reporting problems with anxiety and depression more than ever before, and suicides now a big problem on campuses, university presidents are responding accordingly. More than 80 percent of top university executives say that mental health is more of a priority on campus than it was three years ago, according…
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THE WASHINGTON POST — The process for attaining public sector loan forgiveness is confusing and full of challenges.
Read More about Public Sector employees share challenges in accessing federal loan forgiveness programMorehouse College solicits donors to help pay student loan debt with new program
EDUCATION DRIVE — Atlanta’s Morehouse College has introduced a new initiative called the Student Success Program, which involves soliciting donations to reduce it’s students’ education loan debt.
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STUDENT LOAN HERO — According to new Student Loan Hero study, students today aren’t taking out as many federal loans as they were about five years ago. Borrowing federal Direct loans has declined significantly among undergraduates and graduate students.
Read More about Undergraduate loan borrowing down $15 billion over five-year periodOne lawyer’s struggle to qualify for public service loan forgiveness
ABA JOURNAL — Jeffrey Morgan leveraged his social media expertise and government lawyer background to qualify fot eh public service student loan forgiveness program, making him part of the estimated 5% who have had student loans discharged.
Read More about One lawyer’s struggle to qualify for public service loan forgivenessABA Annual Meeting turns focus on erosion of the rule of law
ABA – The 2019 ABA Annual Meeting kicked off with a program titled, “And Then They Came for Us: The Perils of Silence,” which explored the fragility of the rule of law and why lawyers have an obligation to speak out when governments enact laws that violate human and civil rights.
Read More about ABA Annual Meeting turns focus on erosion of the rule of lawABA data: Women and minority lawyers still underrepresented in the legal profession
THE LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE — A major new survey of the American legal sector has found the profession is moving painstakingly slowly towards a more diverse environment. The 98-page report, compiled by the American Bar Association, shows the US lags behind the solicitors profession in England and Wales for gender and racial diversity.
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ABA JOURNAL — The ABA House of Delegates passed two resolutions that support fair compensation at the annual meeting in San Francisco.
Read More about ABA House of Delegates pass equal pay resolutionsTips for lawyers on dealing with stress
LAWFUEL — Eight simple ways lawyers can reduce stress (and increase productivity).
Read More about Tips for lawyers on dealing with stressABA report shows lower-than-inflation wage growth for lawyers in recent years
BLOOMBERG LAW — Data-packed report looks at lawyer wages, demographics, well-being, pro bono work. Legal profession has grown nearly twice as fast as nation’s population since 2010, report says.
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