White House releases priorities for the Higher Education Act reauthorization
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The White House on Monday endorsed adding new lending caps for graduate and parent borrowers and giving campus aid administrators the authority to require loan counseling for student borrowers, among a slate of priorities for reauthorizing the Higher Education Act.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — President delivers on promise to punish colleges that don’t show they guarantee free speech on campus, and includes language on outcomes data and risk sharing. But it’s unclear what force it will carry.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL — We’re told ad nauseam that college is the key to success. Is it any wonder that some parents broke the law to get their child into the best?
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THE HILL — The American Bar Association (ABA) is drawing attention to the “existential crisis” facing U.S. immigration courts, saying they are “irredeemably dysfunctional.”
Read More about ABA questions functionality of U.S. immigration court systemAmerican University Washington College of Law hosts international human rights scholar
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — On Tuesday, March 19, American University Washington College of Law welcomed former International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge and former AUWCL Dean Thomas Buergenthal – one of the world’s leading international law and international human rights scholars – for a conversation with Professor and Dean Emeritus Claudio Grossman.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — On Sunday, March 10, American University Washington College of Law took first place at the Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) was awarded 2019 Chapter of the Year by the Mid-Atlantic Black Law Student Association (“MABLSA”).
Read More about American University Washington College of Law’s Black Law Students Association named chapter of the yearUniversity of Arkansas Law Dean Margaret Sova McCabe details vision for the school
TALK BUSINESS POLITICS — Margaret Sova McCabe didn’t want simply to be a law school dean. She wanted to hold the position at a public, land-grant and flagship university, and one that was a top 100 school as the legal profession is sensitive to rankings.
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BROOKLYN LAW — John Jozkowski ’19 has been selected as a two-year postgraduate Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) Fellow. He will provide legal assistance to immigrants fighting deportation and seeking lawful status and citizenship.
Read More about Brooklyn Law student named Immigrant Justice Corps FellowCampbell Law students win National Black Law Students Association national trial competition
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY NEWS — Campbell Law advocates came out on top over the weekend at the Constance Baker Motely National Trial Competition hosted by the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) in Little Rock, Arkansas, to win the law school’s first national championship in this competition.
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