Department of Education announces that redesign of FAFSA is delayed by two months
NASFAA — “The Education Department said Tuesday it will launch the redesign of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in December, missing the annual Oct. 1 release of the form that millions of students rely on to determine their eligibility for grants and federal loans to pay for college,” The Washington Post reports.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — James Walsh, an education major at the University of South Carolina at Aiken who’s been recognized for his ability to creatively teach middle schoolers math, has some strong opinions about college teaching: “The notion that everyone learns the same way is ridiculous, but professors tend to stick to what they know and what…
Read More about Inside Higher Ed survey looks at teaching styles and academic successGallup study finds that stress is the leading reason why students don’t pursue a college degree
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Nearly two-thirds of people who have never enrolled in higher education cite emotional stress as a key deterrent, a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation finds. More than half of respondents—55 percent—also cited their personal mental health as an important reason why they’ve never enrolled in higher education. The report comes at…
Read More about Gallup study finds that stress is the leading reason why students don’t pursue a college degreeWomen lead several national bar associations
REUTERS — In the latest sign of demographic change in the U.S. legal profession, nearly all of the major American bar associations for underrepresented groups has a woman president this year.
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FORBES — The percentage of African American lawyers has remained mostly stagnantfor the past decade, accounting for only 5% of the legal profession. Countless systemic barriers to entry exist, preventing Black people from pursuing and attending law school.
Read More about Opinion: Why the legal profession needs more Black lawyersThe College Ranking Process Is Under Scrutiny. What That Means If You’re Deciding Where to Go
TIME — But attitudes toward these school rankings are shifting—including from some of the schools themselves. The 2022-2023 college admissions decisions come out at a time when the U.S. News rankings in particular have come under a significant amount of scrutiny. Columbia University math professor Michael Thaddeus found inaccuracies in the data that the school submitted, causing it to…
Read More about The College Ranking Process Is Under Scrutiny. What That Means If You’re Deciding Where to GoUniversity of Akron Law to host intellectual property symposium
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON LAW — The Midwest’s premier annual intellectual property law CLE will mark its 25th year on Monday, March 27, at The University of Akron. Hosted by the University’s Center for Intellectual Property Law & Technology (UAIP), the Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy is an In-person event that includes full-day Continuing…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — The U of A School of Law and the Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter in the School of Law will host the Animal Rights Speaker Series on March 31. First of its kind at the School of Law, the series identifies and brings a distinguished speaker or joint speakers…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Two visiting international scholars are spending the semester at the U of A through a faculty professional development program that seeks to enhance their teaching while helping them learn more about higher education in the United States. Malikajon Fayzieva and Miryokub Rakhimov, both of Uzbekistan, arrived on campus in January…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Christopher Kelley mentors international student from UzbekistanArizona State University Law hosts Q&A with former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — Students had the opportunity to hear from a legal giant when the Honorary Louise Arbour stopped by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University on Jan. 27. Arbour was visiting Phoenix from her home in Quebec to receive the O’Connor Justice Prize from the college. The…
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