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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them

EAB

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. In the last 20 years, law school enrollment has been anything but consistent. In just a five-year period, from 2010 to 2015, the number of first-year law students decreased by more than 29%.

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Northwestern Names New President After First Pick Steps Down

Inside Higher Ed

Schill will leave the University of Oregon, where he served as president for seven years and is a tenured law professor, to become Northwestern's 17th president. It will be his second position in the windy city, after serving as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2010 to 2015.

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6 elements of an effective graduate enrollment management plan—and why you need to build one

EAB

percent since 2010, while conferrals increased 2 percent on average in the same period. percent from 2010 to 2020. Interest in online law programs is growing—here’s how 2 law schools are entering the online market. Graduate enrollments have grown only an average of 0.7 October 17, 2022. October 12, 2022.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. If no one studies history, we don’t get the next Doris Kearns Goodwin; if no one studies English literature, whence the next David McCullough?

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

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Professor of History, CSU East Bay1989-2010, Prof. Author, Understanding Academic Freedom (2021); The Future of Academic Freedom (2019); Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools (1988, 1993, 2001); Railwaymen and Revolution: Russia, 1905 (1987). You can’t have an engineering school or the other way around.