Widener Commonwealth Law honors the life of professor Juliet Moringiello

April 15, 2025

WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Faculty, students, and distinguished guests gathered at Widener University Commonwealth Law School on March 20 to celebrate the life of Juliet Moringiello, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law, whose remarkable career and profound impact were remembered during a heartfelt memorial on campus.

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University of Wisconsin Law professors recognized as teachers of the year

April 15, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON LAW SCHOOL — Each spring, University of Wisconsin Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards.

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Yale Law Center for International Human Rights hosts Human Rights Workshop Series

April 15, 2025

YALE LAW CENTER — Kenneth Roth ’80 drew from his nearly three decades at Human Rights Watch at a talk detailing the strategies the organization has used to fight human rights abuses around the world.

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Yale Law professor Anthony Kronman publishes book on conservatism

April 15, 2025

YALE LAW SCHOOL — “The rich and enlightened societies of the modern West are the most prosperous, tolerant, and democratic the world has ever known,” writes Sterling Professor of Law Anthony Kronman ’75 at the beginning of his book, “True Conservatism: Reclaiming Our Humanity in an Arrogant Age” (Yale University Press, 2025). 

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White House plans to dismantle the Education Department with or without Congressional approval

April 15, 2025

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — In cutting parts of the department, Trump is following the same playbook as with other federal agencies—and inviting legal challenges.

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A look at plans to move federal student loans to the Small Business Administration

April 15, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A day after White House officials said the Education Department would administer the student loan program, President Donald Trump announced that the Small Business Administration would be taking over the $1.7 trillion portfolio.

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Experts express concerns over plans to move student loans from the Education Department to the Small Business Administration

April 15, 2025

THE HILL — President Trump moving student loans from the Education Department to the Small Business Administration (SBA) is rattling those affected, who say it is prime evidence that the White House has no real plan for its efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.  

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Education Department struggles to fulfill duties following layoffs

April 15, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Trump administration said its sweeping cuts would eliminate bloat at the department. Staff say the “chaotic” process has stalled essential functions and left remaining employees with unmanageable workloads.

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Former Education Department employees criticize changes made to data warehouse

April 15, 2025

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — For the employees who worked there, the weeks before the purge of the Education Department’s statistics and research arm were a blur of apprehension and confusion.

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Columbia University’s interim president steps down amid fallout from handling of White House demands

April 15, 2025

MSN — Columbia University’s interim president has resigned her role just one week after the Ivy League university agreed to change several policies to satisfy demands from the Trump administration.

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