Academe Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

BY JENNIFER RUTH Inside Higher Ed covers a story today that blew up over the weekend. That is, it “blew up” in a particular way in particular outlets. I found out about it quickly only because I look at the twitter accounts of those on the right who believe that institutions of higher ed are…

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

(Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky) As part of a recently established partnership between Simmons College of Kentucky, a Louisville-based HBCU, and the University of Kentucky (UK), the institutions are creating a pre-law constitutional studies program at Simmons, which has not had a law school since the 1930s.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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%. For the 2022 cycle, law school applications are down.

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Academe Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

WILSON Last week, Stanford Law School announced that it had suspended Tirien Steinbach, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, in the wake of the outrage over the disruption by protesters of a Federalist Society speech by Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan. Stanford must end this suspension immediately.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sylvia Goodman Illustration by The Chronicle, Alamy photo Jenny Martinez, the law school's dean, on Wednesday wrote a 5,000-word letter to the campus community that staked out a clear position on free speech and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Rather than protecting programs that advance equity in education and opportunities, the increasingly polarized Supreme Court has now banned them. Olympia Duhart The decision will harm diversity at the undergraduate level; in turn, it will also harm diversity of law school classes and other professional programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Graduates of selective institutions constitute a sizable portion of the nation’s leaders, including Supreme Court justices, where eight out of nine members of the current Court graduated from Harvard or Yale Law schools. That gets to the question of national opinion polls on affirmative action. They’re intense enough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Title: Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tenured: Yes Age: 38 Education: B.A., Yale Law School Career mentors: Amna Akbar, The Ohio State University; Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School; and Devon Carbado, UCLA. political science, Stanford University; M.A.,

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 10, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is pleased to announce the 109 institutions of higher education selected as recipients of the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award — including those in the community college and law school categories — and the 62 winners of the 2023 Health Professions HEED Award.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2025

attorney general Pam Bondi directed the American Bar Association, the accrediting body for law schools since 1952, to remove diversity, equity and inclusion requirements for law schools in a letter that was shared on social media.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 21, 2023

Months after being at the center of a campus free speech controversy at Stanford University, Tirien Steinbach is stepping down as associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Stanford Law, according to an announcement from law school dean Jenny Martinez.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

In an April op-ed in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School professor Randall L. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, PhD, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School, expressed disappointment, telling CNN it signals a lack of commitment to racial equity and prioritizes conservative comfort.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Rosenbury received her A.B.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Grant Supports Inclusive Teaching, Student Retention — Colorado School of Mines. The college also ran two successful cohorts of the eight-week Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Passport Program. Equity Advisers for Hiring, Promotion — Northwestern University.

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UW Presidential Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Our Center for an Informed Public works to strengthen democratic discourse, and our Evans School of Public Policy & Governance is collaborating with UWs Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center on the NextGen Civic Leader Corps to help students connect to civic engagement and public service.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 12, 2022

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. Before that, he was dean of the UCLA School of Law. Schill, a first-generation college student, spent much of his career working on issues of affordability and racial equity in housing.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

“The demand for diversity statements enlists academics into a political movement, erasing the distinction between academic expertise and ideological conformity. It encourages cynicism and dishonesty.” Ad keywords: administrators diversity Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

John’s University in Queens for undergrad that my understanding of multiculturalism, the ideals of a multiracial democracy, began to forge my passions and interests and put me on the path to law school.” Alexander is a lecturer of law at the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law.

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HEPI

JUNE 6, 2023

Indeed, from a charity law perspective, one might have expected a far greater level of public, or even judicial, involvement than appears to have been the case. The University-Charity is not purely a law book, however. It offers a new perspective for university governors, leaders and academics alike.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law and director of the law school’s Center for the Study of Race and Law. Robinson is a leading education law expert who speaks nationwide about K-12 educational equity, school funding, education and democracy, civil rights, and Title IX. Department of Education.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 8, 2024

The clerkship initiative is a 10-week paid summer employment opportunity where first-year Marquette University Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School students are matched with employers from a variety of law firms, departments, and agencies.

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how. November 9, 2022. November 7, 2022. October 26, 2022. October 25, 2022.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how. November 9, 2022. November 7, 2022. October 26, 2022. October 25, 2022.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. It can skew the results of the SBG in favor of those with equity advantages. After all, the goal of standard-based grading is equity. Written by Nick K.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. It can skew the results of the SBG in favor of those with equity advantages. After all, the goal of standard-based grading is equity. Written by Nick K.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

They decry the thought of students writing lab reports, law school exam responses and even entire term papers simply by putting the essay prompts into ChatGPT, waiting a few moments and then copying the results. Some commentators immediately evoke Stephen King levels of terror.

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EAB

DECEMBER 5, 2022

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how. November 9, 2022. November 7, 2022. October 26, 2022. October 25, 2022.

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University Business

APRIL 5, 2023

A notable recent example of campus intolerance: Stanford students and an associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion heckled a federal judge into silence during his visit, which led to Stanford’s president and law dean issuing an apology. It’s not just hecklers that are inhibiting civil discourse.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

“There’s a question of equity … Online students pay tuition like face-to-face students, and yet their access to materials might be hindered due to the fact that the material is just not available digitally. “It’s not like I don’t want to see them writing or making a living.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. Interest in online law programs is growing—here’s how 2 law schools are entering the online market. November 9, 2022. November 7, 2022. October 3, 2022.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. Interest in online law programs is growing—here’s how 2 law schools are entering the online market. Download our program design diagnostic.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 28, 2025

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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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

His accomplishments through adversity pushed him into the school’s interim presidency, and now it has landed him a full-time president position at Benedictine College. Foy’s accomplishments in building Alverno’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Belonging are what helped Foy stand out to Benedictine’s Board of Trustees.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. How One Institution Created a Blueprint for Improving Student Equity Across Campus. Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how. November 9, 2022. November 7, 2022. October 26, 2022. October 25, 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Krinsky, executive vice president for operations and chief of staff at The Law School Admission Council (LSAC). While diversity in law schools continues to grow, it has failed to keep pace with demographic representation within the U.S. Over the last three years, Black law school applicants have made up roughly 7.8%

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