Opinion: Lawyers should embrace artificial intelligence to stay ahead of the curve
REUTERS — AI is evolving at lightning speed, sparking both wonder and worry. As it transforms industries and our daily lives, we are caught between the thrill of innovation and the jitters of uncertainty. Will AI elevate the human experience or just leave us in the dust? How will it impact our careers, privacy and…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan and Victora Hallinan explain how grad students can use their teaching skills in applying for industry jobs.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — With state budgets set to shrink in coming years, colleges may have to look at cutting costs—rather than raising tuition—to stay afloat amid declining enrollment and growing skepticism about the value of a degree.
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FORBES — Despite a substantial slide in entering freshmen, overall college enrollment increased a healthy 2.9% this fall, according to preliminary figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The increase was accounted for largely by a 3% year-over-year increase in undergraduate students, with graduate student enrollment up by 2.1%.
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ABC NEWS — With just about two weeks until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are working to secure votes in key battleground states where polls show a neck-and-neck race — and part of that strategy is appealing to young voters, some of whom may have switched their voter registration…
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STATELINE — In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, each side is scouring swing states to get as many voters as possible, including on college campuses. But in some of those crucial states, students face new barriers to casting their ballots.
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HIGHER ED DIVE — When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions last year, experts predicted diversity at some institutions would take a hit. Now, data from several selective institutions is showing just that.
Read More about How universities can recruit diverse student bodies without affirmative actionDepartment of Education forgave more than 17 billion in federal student loans as of April 30
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Department of Education had forgiven $17.2 billion in federal student loans for nearly 975,000 borrowers as of April 30, through a program that allows borrowers to seek relief if they’ve been misled or defrauded by their college, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found in a report released Thursday.
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REUTERS — New York has joined the growing number of states posting a higher pass rate on the July 2024 bar exam, with 69% of examinees passing its attorney licensing exam.
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REUTERS — The California Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a controversial plan by the state bar to switch to a new lawyer licensing exam that will be delivered both remotely and in-person at test centers starting in February.
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