Survey finds that students enrolled in graduate schools have higher income and better job opportunities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Graduate students are looking for career advancement and an earnings premium when they enroll, and they judge their overall satisfaction with their program by their outcomes after graduation, new research from think tank Third Way and Global Strategy Group found.
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INVESTOPEDIA — Student loan borrowers who took out less than $12,000 to go to college and paid on their loans for 10 years are having their federal debts forgiven faster than they’d initially been told.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Higher education institutions in the U.S. took in $58 billion in philanthropic support during fiscal year 2023, according to the latest Voluntary Support of Education survey by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE.
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NPR — University of Vermont students are providing hands-on help to rural towns in the state. It’s part of a trend to help build bridges between higher education and rural communities.
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AP NEWS — For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they’ll get the financial aid they need to attend.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The US Supreme Court rejected a Massachusetts intellectual property lawyer’s bid to probe the legality of the California bar exam, which he say discriminates against lawyers over age 40.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The cost of an attorney is far out of reach for many middle- and low-income Americans. This has serious negative consequences on both society and the rule of law, according to Ray Brescia, a professor at Albany Law School and author of a new book about the future of the legal profession.
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YOUNG LAWYER RISING — Guest Michael Kippins is a Boston-based civil rights attorney with Lawyers For Civil Rights. Driven by a desire to advocate for those too often left without robust representation, Kippins made the courageous jump from a big law setting to his civil rights practice and hasn’t looked back.
Read More about Podcast: How to pursue a career in civil rights lawGraduates from non-ABA accredited law schools can now request a waiver to sit for the Indiana Bar Exam
REUTERS — Graduates of law schools not accredited by the American Bar Association are eligible to take the bar exam in Indiana following a Thursday rule change by the state’s high court, but they will have to go through an individual approval process.
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THE AMERICAN LAW INSITUTE — At its 2024 annual meeting, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) acknowledged the winners of the 2024 Section Awards with an awards ceremony.
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