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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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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F.

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ED Settles With Law Schools Accused of Improperly Disbursing Aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) has announced settlements with five freestanding law schools accused of improperly disbursing federal financial aid to students in unaccredited program. million of federal funding to 92 students between July 2017 and June 2022 that it was not allowed to give.

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Why did these 5 law schools improperly disburse over $2 million in financial aid?

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Federal Student Aid discovered five law schools that improperly disbursed $2.9 million of ineligible federal financial aid funds to 92 students between 2017 and 2022. The Department of Education has subsequently fined three of the institutions and has requested from all five reimbursements for the allotted funds.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

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The president-elect currently serves as co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and sits on the board of the Law School Admissions Council. She also earned awards with the Association of American Law Schools and the National Bar Association, to name a few honors. “I

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Most universities are charities: so what?

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Yet universities are still more likely to be seen as public sector organisations or large businesses, in competition with all ‘higher education providers’ and key to delivering economic growth. The act of placing all higher education providers in one pot also obliterates the distinctiveness of those that are charities.

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Today’s college rankings still measure the wrong things. It’s time to reinvent them

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News & World Report ’s college rankings, the list of universities proclaiming they want no part of the rankings reads like a “Who’s Who” of American higher education. News published its latest law school rankings, Yale was again the top-ranked institution. A more accurate and useful measure of U.S.

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