Advice for college students on self-advocacy and accessing resources
INSIDE HIGHER ED — We recently wrote an article for Inside Higher Ed about the challenges of a hidden curriculum that graduate students, especially those from historically excluded groups, must navigate. In that piece, we offered advice about networking, mentoring up and career planning.
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HIGHER ED DIVE — College students are facing significant stress and sleep deprivation as they prepare for the fall semester, according to a recent survey by TimelyCare, higher education’s most trusted virtual health and well-being provider.
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USA TODAY — Despite fierce debates over solutions to the country’s student debt crisis, Americans still tend to believe that going to college is worth it. The vast majority of people who have undergraduate degrees are better off financially than they would’ve been had they not attended college.
Read More about Study analyzes student outcomes following graduate schoolUS Department of Education debuts SAVE plan application for affordable student loan repayment
YAHOO! FINACE — Student loan borrowers can now apply for what the Biden administration called “the most affordable repayment plan in history.”
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CNBC — After the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s original student loan forgiveness plan, Biden said he would pursue a new path to deliver relief to holders of federal educational debt.
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FORBES — Last month, the Education Department notified over 800,000 borrowers that they qualify for student loan forgiveness. The Biden administration estimated that these borrowers would collectively receive nearly $40 billion in discharges.
Read More about US Department of Education sets loan forgiveness notification schedule for eligible borrowersPoll: US Supreme Court public approval at record low
GALLUP — The U.S. Supreme Court’s eventful 2022-2023 term appears to have had no effect on Americans’ overall opinion of the high court, with its 40% approval rating the same as Gallup found last September, just before the start of the term.
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U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Depending on whether they enter the private or public sector, law school graduates range widely in what they get paid at their first jobs.
Read More about A look at the average salaries of law graduates in different fields and locationsABA offers free litigation training for lawyers representing domestic violence survivors
ABA JOURNAL — Less than a year ago, Cory Gordon became a staff attorney at the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Gordon was new to the area of law and the courtroom, and as she prepared to represent survivors at trial, she decided she needed to strengthen her skills.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The late Georgia Speaker of the House David E. Ralston is being memorialized with a scholarship fund bearing his name at the University of Georgia School of Law.
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