Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Established in 2020, the College of Ethnic Studies is the newest college at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of only two schools of ethnic studies in California. The addition of 54 new faculty from underrepresented groups means the university has its most diverse group of faculty in its 200-year history.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

They are mostly student-facing roles, including academic advisers, program coordinators, library staff and support staff in the admissions and financial aid offices. He said that while there is a long history of union organizing among professional staff at colleges and universities, militant tactics have become more common in recent years.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 7, 2024

Learning Leadership by Example In describing his leadership style, President Welch recalled a few pivotal moments early in his academic career: “I was going to go to law school to be a politician. I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Many faculty members worry that if graduate school is viewed as essentially a workplace, then research institutions will become less and less educational, and professors will increasingly treat their graduate students truly like staff, with no obligations to mentor or advise. Indeed, the figure has declined by 15 percent since 2020.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

I find it remarkable that leading law schools decided to attack the ranking system by denying U.S. Faculty should initiate campuswide conversations about best practices in advising, support services and student success. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Seize the day.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 11, 2023

Sorrell is the longest-serving President in the 151-year history of Paul Quinn College. While in law school, he was a founding member of the Journal of Gender Law & Policy and served as the Vice President of the Duke Bar Association. President Sorrell B.A. in Government from Oberlin College, his J.D.

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