How AI can be used to develop personalized learning plans
YAHOO!NEWS — Over the last decade, educators and administrators have often encountered lofty promises of technology revolutionizing learning, only to experience disappointment when reality failed to meet expectations. It’s understandable, then, that educators might view the current excitement around artificial intelligence with a measure of caution: Is this another overhyped fad, or are we on…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Despite declining enrollment at many U.S. higher ed institutions, nearly three-fourths of all adults say a college degree is as important as (35 percent) or more important (39 percent) than it was 20 years ago, according to a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. Twenty-six percent said they thought it was less important.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — Every year, hundreds of thousands of students start at community colleges hoping to transfer to a university later. It’s advertised as a cheaper path to a bachelor’s degree, an education hack in a world of ever-rising tuition costs. Yet the reality is rarely that simple. For some students, the transfer process becomes…
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HIGHER ED DIVE — College enrollment has been under pressure for years, as some institutions grapple with fewer high school graduates and students opting to go directly into the workforce. The pandemic ratcheted up those difficulties, challenging recruitment and stressing colleges’ bottom lines. The Gallup and Lumina Foundation research sheds light on the stressors that are…
Read More about Survey finds that 2 in 5 college students considered dropping out in the past 6 monthsPodcast: Incarcerated people regain access to federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses
WBUR — For nearly three decades, incarcerated people have not been able to access federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses offered in prison. That will change this summer.
Read More about Podcast: Incarcerated people regain access to federal Pell Grants to pay for college coursesNew Task Force Aims to Increase Latinx Representation in Law
SEATTLE U SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Anthony Varona says faculty role models will encourage Latinx law students.
Read More about New Task Force Aims to Increase Latinx Representation in LawUS law firms hire fewer lawyers in the first quarter of 2023
REUTERS — The number of attorneys at the largest U.S. law firms barely budged in the first quarter of 2023 as client demand and lawyer productivity dropped, Wells Fargo said in a report released on Tuesday. Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group reported a 1.5% drop in demand, calculated as the number of hours lawyers billed.…
Read More about US law firms hire fewer lawyers in the first quarter of 2023How law schools can reduce the shortage of lawyers in rural communities
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law schools can reduce the shortage of lawyers in rural areas by providing coursework and externships for rural law practice, but also by making structural changes like providing online courses so that students in rural areas can attend remotely, Concord Law School at Purdue University Global Shaun G. Jamison and Hannah Catt…
Read More about How law schools can reduce the shortage of lawyers in rural communitiesNY Bar Exam Release Glitch Causes Sleepless Night for Test Takers
MARINO LEGAL ACADEMY — For New York bar exam test takers waiting to receive their results, the situation became even more stressful than usual when an apparent glitch caused them to have to wait hours after they were told that their results were in. The February 2023 New York Bar Exam results were supposed to…
Read More about NY Bar Exam Release Glitch Causes Sleepless Night for Test TakersAlbany Law renames Justice Center for alumnus Edward P. Swyer
ALBANY LAW — Albany Law School will honor the tremendous financial support of Edward P. Swyer ’18H and the Swyer Family Foundation by unveiling the newly titled Edward P. Swyer Justice Center at Albany Law School during a ceremony on Tuesday, May 2 at 4 p.m. Swyer and the foundation are extraordinary loyal supporters of…
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