Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Utah higher education leaders are considering steps toward compliance with a new law, HB 261 , that prohibits an institution of higher education, public education system, and governmental employer from engaging in discriminatory practices. The bill, sponsored by Utah State Rep.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Texas law, Senate Bill 17 , took effect this month, prohibiting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) offices and hiring of staff to perform DEI office duties at public higher education institutions. Greg Abbott (R) signed the bill into law. On June 17, Texas Gov.

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Gavin Newsom recently signed several bills with big goals, from easing transfer pathways to building more affordable student housing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Title: Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tenured: Yes Age: 38 Education: B.A., Yale Law School Career mentors: Amna Akbar, The Ohio State University; Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School; and Devon Carbado, UCLA. Legal scholars write about law. sociology, Stanford University; and J.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

has been tapped to become dean of the Howard University School of Law. Fairfax is a passionate legal educator whose extensive scholarship and commitment to criminal justice reform are deeply aligned with the law school’s mission,” said Howard President Dr. Ben Vinson III, who announced the appointment effective July 1, 2024.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Liberty Flouted Federal Law on Crime Reporting Josh Moody Wed, 10/04/2023 - 03:00 AM Preliminary findings from a Department of Education investigation of the evangelical university indicate years of missteps on issues of sexual misconduct. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Davidson has been appointed president and dean of Southern Illinois University’s Mitchell Hamline School of Law, effective July 1. Davidson serves as professor of law at the law school and has served as dean at SIU Law since July 2020. from Georgetown University Law Center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

Rice School of Law. David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies. Rice School of Law. William Hubbard “Little did I know the challenges and adventures I was being prepared for in law school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Testy has been appointed executive director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Testy, the current president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, begins her new role effective July 1. She began her career as a law professor at the University of Puget Sound in 1992, which then became Seattle University.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 17, 2023

The number of students admitted into law schools rose in 2022, marking the first increase in seven years, according to a new report by the nonprofit AccessLex Institute. However, the data shows some progress for law schools in recruiting and retaining underrepresented individuals.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The law school class of 2023, admitted before the U.S. The Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) analysis of ABA data reveals that 40% of the current law school class are students of color, up from 39% in 2022, marking a third year of record diversity. of the first-year class. percentage points from 2022 to 2023.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We have maintained law and order. We have protected the rights of parents,” he said during his speech regarding the state’s education laws such as the recently proposed Stop WOKE Act (“WOKE” being an acronym for Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees), which is turning the heads of those in higher education.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 5, 2024

Department of Education wants to send the message that it will hold colleges accountable for Clery Act noncompliance, an agency official said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2023

Research has repeatedly found that higher education programs in prisons reduce recidivism. Last week, Governor Jared Polis signed into law a bill that offers significant sentence reductions to non-violent offenders who complete educational programs. I was shocked that it passed with that much time off.”

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The agency’s regulatory agenda also reveals it will pursue rulemaking on the law requiring colleges to report foreign gifts worth $250,000 or more.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday a bill to further reform remedial education at California community colleges. Nellum, executive director of the Education Trust–West, said in a press release.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

By Megan Zahneis Illustration by The Chronicle; Photos by iStock The law's provisions have raised fears of intrusion into academic freedom and other possible unintended consequences.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

ForThe100 is a national group campaigning for higher education students to be owed a minimum standard of legal protection enshrined in a statutory duty of care. The ‘reasonable person standard’ is a flexible and extensively used concept in English Law, dating from 1837.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) and Morris Brown College are partnering for a law school pipeline. “We We are ecstatic to partner with Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School,” said Morris Brown President Dr. Kevin James. Gatewood, Dean and CEO of AJMLS.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Private colleges and universities in Florida must now adhere to a recently expanded law mandating that students, faculty, and staff members utilize restrooms and changing facilities that correspond with their sex assigned at birth. All Florida higher education institutions must show proof of compliance by April 1, 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College of Law at St. Crump College of Law, making the law school the U.S.’s Crump College of Law at St. Thomas University is the latest step in an effort to encourage bridge-building among the legal profession, law enforcement, and our communities," said David A. Crump College of Law,” Crump said. “We

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 15, 2024

Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed a bill into law this week that protects conservative viewpoints on college campuses by tying tenure to perceived “intellectual diversity.” The post New IN Law Attacks Tenure appeared first on Insight Into Diversity. Indiana Gov.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Supreme Court Justice John Marshall from its law school’s name. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will now be known as the CSU College of Law, according to a university news release. Marshall’s writings, decisions and judicial legacy remain an important part of our curriculum and a CSU Law education.”.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

An administrative law judge cited a legal challenge against the agency’s newest regulations over the borrower defense program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Board of Education decision. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in May 1954 that separate educational facilities between Black students and white students was “inherently unequal," dismissing the concept of “separate but equal” in public education, the nation began the task of desegregating its schools. Seven decades ago, U.S.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The higher education law that took effect July 1 provides the system with $1.87 The post Minnesota State leaders report plethora of positives thanks to 2023 higher education law appeared first on University Business. billion during the 2024-25 biennium, an increase of $331.4 That figure includes $289.9

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair will take place next week at Harvard University. Evangeline Mitchell Now in its 19th year, the event is designed to help increase the number of African American law school applications, students and graduates nationwide.

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University Business

JULY 6, 2023

Across the country, new education policies took effect on July 1st, the beginning of the new fiscal year in most states. A handful of them tackle some of the most pressing issues K12 and higher education leaders face today, including school safety and inclusion. Several directly target discussions and instruction in K12 education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

When Reagan Gonzalez began applying to law schools, she didn’t imagine that she would have to research the laws of the states to which she was thinking about moving. But now, after each state passed laws restricting LGBTQ+ rights, Gonzalez plans to cross them off her list. “I That shouldn’t be a part of it.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Department of Education (ED) has announced settlements with five freestanding law schools accused of improperly disbursing federal financial aid to students in unaccredited program. The American Bar Association often accredits Juris Doctor programs, but not Master of Laws programs, which require separate accreditation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. I think its values, what it represents, is the best of higher education.” Danielle Ren Holley, current dean and professor of law at Howard University.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

During the course of that tumultuous day, Trump made several calls to legal counsel—including to Mark Martin, a former North Carolina Supreme Court justice, who was then dean of Regent University School of Law and an informal Trump adviser. Instead, the press release cited higher education leaders who heaped praise on the incoming dean.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Transnational education and edtech strategy consultancy Wells Advisory has been acquired by one of Australia’s largest law firm that was set up almost 200 years ago. MinterEllison announced the acquisition of the higher education advisory specialist on October 4.

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MindMax

JULY 26, 2023

And if a player only focuses on improving their dominant foot, they’ll eventually encounter the law of diminishing returns. The Right Foot of Higher Education Marketing Colleges and universities tend to rely too heavily on their right foot. The post Applying Soccer Wisdom to Higher Education Marketing appeared first on MindMax.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Education Department Steps Up Efforts to Combat Antisemitism Katherine Knott Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Amid widespread campus unrest, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights spells out how the agency is interpreting federal civil rights laws. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

An academic enrichment program at Tallahassee Community College that primarily serves African American men won't have to change its name under a new state higher education law, reported WUSF. Byran Hooper, program advisor for the BMA, expressed concern for the new higher education law.

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