University of Utah Law students Jensen Lillquist and Zara Guinard win ‘Golden Rule’ grant

October 31, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Two College of Law students have been awarded grants from the Golden Rule Project, whose mission is to promote the power of treating others the way we want to be treated.

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New University of Virginia Law courses look at the law from different angles

October 31, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Comparative family law, law and dignity, and trade secrets will be among the topics discussed in courses offered at the University of Virginia School of Law in 2023. The following three courses for the January term and five courses for the spring semester aim to give students different…

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Western New England Law hosts discussion on Title IX

October 31, 2022

WWLP — Western New England University School of Law Review (WNE) held a deeper discussion about Title IX’s success, its flaws, and how it should evolve, through a virtual symposium. The symposium titled, “Past, Present, and Moving Forward: 50 years of Title IX” included experts from diverse disciplines. This symposium aimed to provide an overview of Title…

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Yale Law hosts symposium on the flaws of the US prison system

October 31, 2022

YALE NEWS — Last Friday, the Whitney Humanities Center hosted a symposium in the Humanities Quadrangle on “Incarceration & Imagination.” The event featured speakers from Yale and beyond who shared their perspectives on the deeply complicated but extremely prevalent issue of mass incarceration in the United States and how it has affected the public perception of imprisonment.

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Yale Law hosts Hillary Clinton for conversation on leadership

October 31, 2022

YALE NEWS — On Thursday afternoon, swarms of excited students crowded outside the Sterling Law Building, waiting to watch former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 exit the school.

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New Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver provides debt relief to more public servants

October 31, 2022

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A year after announcing a temporary overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, the Biden administration is ready to make several of those changes permanent in an attempt to fix what officials call “a broken system” that shortchanged the country’s public servants.

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Average price of college tuition in 2022-23 academic year fell when accounting for inflation

October 31, 2022

HIGHER ED DIVE — The College Board’s report examines college pricing and student aid in a higher education landscape still marred by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Opinion: How Maine is addressing decline in college enrollment

October 31, 2022

THE HECHINGER REPORT — The 2025 enrollment cliff forecast for years began more than a decade ago in Maine, where the number of high school graduates has been on a steady decline. At the University of Maine, we have addressed these challenges by focusing on making college affordable for both in-state and out-of-state students, as well as…

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White House announces public student loan forgiveness plans and ABA suggests extension of student-loan payment pause

October 31, 2022

ABA JOURNAL — Credit for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program will be extended to all with qualifying jobs and government school loans, regardless of whether they made late payments, paid in installments or in lump sums, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.

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Opinion: How education censorship bills threaten higher education and dissuade people from becoming teachers

October 31, 2022

HIGHER ED DIVE — The new report is written by Ashley White, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In part, it offers a look into a trend currently dominating conservative politics: the targeting of an academic concept known as critical race theory.

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