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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools.

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University of Virginia Law Establishes Education Rights Institute

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new Education Rights Institute to enhance understanding, scholarship, and resources for K-20 schools and disadvantaged students. We’re the only wealthy nation that provides less funding to disadvantaged students.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed

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To recap some basics, on October 31 the Supreme Court heard arguments related to lawsuits that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) brought against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, in connection with these institutions’ race-conscious admissions practices. Harvard Law School. The situation in brief.

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A Humanistic Revolution in Legal Education—How Penn State Dickinson Law Is Reimagining Anti-Racism in Action

Insight Into Diversity

In the wake of George Floyds murder, as institutions across the country wrestled with what it means to confront systemic racism, one law school took actionright in the deans backyard. I’m a professor at the law school and also the associate director of the ADI. Dermot Groome (01:01) And my name is Dermot Groom.

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Understanding Financial Aid Leveraging with Dr. Jimmy Jung

Higher Ed Marketing Lab

Allowing students to have a chance to go to college because financial aid leveraging gives additional aid to students. I came across a little data point the other day saying law school applications and admissions where way up year over year. Obviously that would run counter to the mission of so many schools.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

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1 Most historical Black colleges and universities started in the 1860s and served first as elementary then secondary schools providing the newly freed slaves with a normal education. In 1854 , the American Missionary Association founded the first historical Black college and university which is currently called Lincoln University.

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