Texas Tech University drops consideration of race in medical school admissions
THE WASHINGTON POST — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has agreed to stop using race when considering applicants to its medical school, bowing to pressure as the Trump administration campaigns to curtail the use of affirmative action in education.
Read More about Texas Tech University drops consideration of race in medical school admissionsNew study finds state higher education funding lags behind pre-recession levels
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new study finds that just nine states have bounced back from pre-recession funding levels, and another 11 have yet to increase per-student funding to even the low point of the recession. The findings are part of the annual “State Higher Education Finance” report, published by the State Higher Education Executive Officers association.
Read More about New study finds state higher education funding lags behind pre-recession levelsSenators call for improved college accountability in Higher Education Act reauthorization
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat and member of the Senate education committee, argued in a speech Thursday for a federal accountability system that would apply to all colleges. Murphy said there is an “outcomes crisis” in higher education driven by poor graduation rates and high numbers of student loan defaults.
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GALLUP — Confidence in higher education in the U.S. has decreased significantly since 2015, more so than for any other U.S. institution that Gallup measures. This drop in confidence in the higher education industry comes after Gallup detected a similar decline in the public’s view that higher education is available to those who need it.
Read More about Public confidence in higher education continues to declineOpinion: Teaching database and project management can prepare law students for understanding legal operations
LAW.COM — Nicholas Grimm, Director of Special Counsel’s SCI Legal Technology division, describes how law schools would do well to include some basic teaching of database management, knowledge management, data analytics and project management into their curriculum to better prepare future attorneys for the technological and operational side of the business.
Read More about Opinion: Teaching database and project management can prepare law students for understanding legal operationsUniversity of Tennessee Law hosts lawyers and law faculty for national leadership training conference
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-KNOXVILLE — Leaders in legal education who came together at the University of Tennessee on April 4-5 gained insight into how to incorporate leadership training into their law schools. The event, hosted by the College of Law’s Institute for Professional Leadership and Director Doug Blaze, was designed to expand conversations.
Read More about University of Tennessee Law hosts lawyers and law faculty for national leadership training conferenceLaw schools find inspiration in ‘Game of Thrones’
LAW.COM — The popular television show, Game of Thrones, is now the basis of an ethics course at the University of Virginia School of Law; the focus of an upcoming research workshop at Durham University’s law school in the United Kingdom, and the topic of a recent law review article.
Read More about Law schools find inspiration in ‘Game of Thrones’Democratic Senators introduce bill to improve eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
CNBC — A dozen Democratic senators introduced a bill on Thursday to overhaul the popular but challenged Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The legislation, the What You Can Do for Your Country Act, would dramatically expand the pool of student loan borrowers who are eligible to have their debt canceled.
Read More about Democratic Senators introduce bill to improve eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness programHow law schools are teaching legal technology
LAW.COM — Karen Sloan looks at how law schools such as Chicago-Kent College of Law figure out how to teach legal tech when they offer specialized degrees. Chicago-Kent this fall will launch an LL.M. program in legal innovation and technology, which means the school has to figure out what to teach and how to teach it.
Read More about How law schools are teaching legal technologyUniversity of Colorado Law Professor Margot Kaminski participates in Federal Trade Commission hearing focused on consumer privacy
COLORADO LAW — Associate Professor Margot Kaminski participated in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hearing focused on the FTC’s approach to consumer privacy April 9-10, 2019.
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