Study finds public colleges recruit out-of-state students from affluent areas
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A report funded by the Joyce Foundation finds public universities that recruit out of state focus on high schools that serve wealthy and largely white students. Further, a disproportionate number of the high schools visited are private schools.
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EDUCATION DIVE — Some four-year public and private colleges fail to meet baseline requirements for providing students with access to net price calculators for college costs, according to a study of 80 institutions from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education’s Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy. The data was collected in 2018.
Read More about Report: Many colleges not meeting tuition cost transparency requirementsAmerican University Washington College of Law Dean Camille Nelson honored by Diverse Issues in Higher Education
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — Dean Camille Nelson was named among the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. Nelson is the only law school dean on the list that features 11 university and college presidents, several vice presidents and provosts, among other exceptional professors and administrators.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law Dean Camille Nelson honored by Diverse Issues in Higher EducationUniversity librarians consider dropping bundled deals with journal publishers
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Minnesota, Duke University, and Iowa State University are among the institutions whose librarians have recently published statements in support of the University of California system’s decision to drop its “big deal” with Elsevier.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The college admissions scandal and cutting-edge data on social mobility are fueling a growing belief that higher education is rigged for the wealthy, and are motivating Democratic allies to consider a harsher stance with the industry.
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THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE — If you want a University of California law degree, you’ll have to drive to attend the law schools connected to UC Irvine or UCLA — two long commutes from Riverside County. Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, wants to change that by creating another law school in her district.
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LAW.COM — Karen Sloan takes a look at two new flexible law programs: Loyola Law School Los Angeles’ executive education program LLX, on what makes it different from other law school initiatives to teach non-lawyers, and Washburn Law’s Third Year Anywhere program, which enables 3Ls to build their professional networks outside of Topeka, KS.
Read More about A look at two new flexible law school programsA look at HBCU pre-law pipeline programs
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Dillard University’s Center for Law and Public Interest Pre-Law program is furthering its goal to move the needle on diversity in legal education. The HBCU has launched and implemented the Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Program and the Foundation to LEAD Program over the last two years.
Read More about A look at HBCU pre-law pipeline programsTexas law schools are providing more grants and scholarships to attract students
LAW.COM — Data from the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar shows that between 2011 and 2018, the majority of Texas law schools increased both the percentage of their students who won a grant or scholarship and simultaneously doled out larger amounts of money when they did give.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — The Peggy Browning Fund was established in memory of Margaret A. Browning, a prominent union-side attorney and member of the National Labor Relations Board. These fellowships provide law students with unique, diverse and challenging opportunities to fight for social and economic justice
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