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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. This puts law schools in a bind.

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Compounding Inequities in Law School Are Not Insurmountable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

The Office of Minority Educational Development received a $250,000 grant from the Strada Education Network in partnership with the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity to expand and scale its programming focused on enhancing the educational experiences and outcomes of underrepresented students. .

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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. Systems Design A foundational framework in ADIs work to dismantle hierarchies and rethink structures in higher education. Danielle M.

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

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As Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford has suggested , “It’s enough to count the justices nominated by Republican presidents to predict the court’s decision. For higher education leaders, it matters in part as a tool for helping imagine potential responses to the Court’s ultimate decisions, whatever they might be.

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Understanding Financial Aid Leveraging with Dr. Jimmy Jung

Higher Ed Marketing Lab

Welcome to the Higher Ed Marketing Lab. Each episode, it’s my job to engage with some of the brightest minds in higher education and the broader world of marketing to bring you actionable insights that you can use to level up your school’s marketing and enrollment performance. I’m Jarrett Smith.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

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Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. Derrick Albert Bell Jr. 1930-2011) worked for the U.S.

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