College staff workforce returns to pre-pandemic numbers
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — After more than two years of uneven recovery, America’s colleges and universities find themselves in a welcome position. Following the addition of an estimated 23,500 employees in July, academe’s work force added another 3,400 jobs in August, which restored it to its pre-pandemic size.
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HIGHER ED DIVE — At this year’s North American Victorian Studies Association conference, participants were just as likely to pass portable air purifiers and N95 mask giveaways as they were to bump into Brontë and Dickens scholars.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The national average composite score on the ACT for the high school Class of 2022 was 19.8, the lowest average score in more than three decades, according to data released Wednesday by ACT. It is the first time since 1991 that the average composite score was below 20. (The maximum score…
Read More about Average ACT and SAT scores fall amid drop in test takersEnrollment of Chinese students at US universities decreased this fall
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The number of U.S. visas issued to Chinese students for the new academic year plunged from pre-pandemic levels, an alarming development for American colleges that have come to rely on tuition dollars from a booming Chinese market.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Results from Bloomberg Law’s most recent Workload & Hours Survey show the largest jump in hours lawyers spent on self-care since the survey’s inception. The 658 survey respondents reported spending an average of 6.6 hours per week on self-care in H1 2022—one hour more than attorneys reported spending on self-care in Q4 2021…
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Mitchell Hamline Law Review article by Karen J. Sneddon (Mercer Law) explaining how differentiated instruction can be used in law schools.
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LEGAL TALK NETWORK — The overall employment outcomes for 2007 and 2021 law school graduates were both 91.9%. And while that sounds like a good thing, it could be a warning.
Read More about Podcast: Forecasting employment outcomes for future law graduatesA look at the correlation between pro bono participation and law student well-being
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY BLOG — Last week I posted about Marquette Law School’s list—one faculty member, one staff colleague, and one student—for the honor roll of the Pro Bono and Access to Justice Section of the Association of American Law Schools. I explained that I relied on the expertise of Angela F. Schultz,…
Read More about A look at the correlation between pro bono participation and law student well-beingCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom approves name change for UC Hastings Law in 2023
CALIFORNIA GLOBE — A bill to officially change the name of University of California, Hastings College of the Law to University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC Law SF) was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom during the weekend.
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ABC 8 NEWS — The name of a businessman who owned slaves will no longer be on the University of Richmond Law School, according to an announcement.
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