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Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court to hear from a slate of speakers — students, educators, parents, artists, and leaders civil and human rights organizations like National Urban League President Marc Morial and Kimberlé Crenshaw, cofounder and executive director of African American Policy Forum and a law professor at UCLA and Columbia University.

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St. Thomas University Law School Named Benjamin L. Crump College of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Alabama's IVF Ruling Impacts Patients and Med Students

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The two bills, from both the House and Senate, were introduced less than two weeks after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos were children, making their destruction, a common byproduct of the IVF process, illegal. IVF is a numbers game,” said McCarthy, which is why multiple embryos are used in a patient’s care.

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Study Reveals Civic Literacy Lacking Among Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It found that more than 70% of Americans fail a basic civic literacy quiz on topics like the three branches of government and the number of Supreme Court justices. About half the respondents correctly named the branch of government where bills become laws. “As

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Campus shutdown case goes to state supreme court

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The Florida state Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would hear a lawsuit against the University of South Florida over campus shutdowns and remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Miami Dade College, was dismissed by a different appeals court in April based on a similar sovereign immunity argument.

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Rice Defends Affirmative Action While Supreme Court Cases Are Pending

Inside Higher Ed

Rice University issued a strong defense of its affirmative action efforts, even as the Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether affirmative action is legal. “Like many in the higher education community, the Rice administration is closely following the affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court.

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Borrower Defense Claims Surpass 750,000

Higher Education Inquirer

Not only has the US FSA debt portfolio reached more than $1.6 In California, the US District Court in Sweet v Cardona agreed to a $6 Billion settlement between student debtors and the US Department of Education. The US Department of Education keeps an accounting of these claims, but only publishes the aggregate numbers.