Everything I learned about saying “thank you” I learned from: According to Burk’s research from Donor-Centered Fundraising, more than 80% of thank you letters start with “Thank you for your generous gift of…” or “On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your generous gift of…” Y A W …
(Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Saturday was my first game. Once I whistled the game, that kind of set it in stone that I was the first U.S. female to whistle a game at the Olympics. Leading up it was exciting. We’ve been looking…
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Bates College in Maine took a step in the right direction this summer when, following a letter from FIRE, it made DEI statements optional rather than required for faculty job-seekers. Required DEI statements can function as litmus tests to weed out applicants who may hold dissenting views on vital political issues, threatening academic freedom and…
Home Daily News Wisconsin bar redefines ‘diversity’ to settle… Bar Associations Wisconsin bar redefines ‘diversity’ to settle challenge to clerkship program; both sides claim success By Debra Cassens Weiss April 9, 2024, 2:49 pm CDT The State Bar of Wisconsin has agreed to redefine “diversity” as it applies to its Diversity Clerkship Program to settle…
U.S. Supreme Court The October 2023 term had many blockbuster decisions that deservedly received headlines. But there also were some important cases that received far less media attention that will have a significant impact on the law. Here are a few of what I regard as the “sleeper” cases of the term. Statute of limitations…
Photo by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images The Supreme Court, man. The ethics scandals just keep piling up. Sure, some members of the Court are *boldly* in favor of an enforceable ethical code for the High Court, but the actual code adopted late last year contains no penalties or…
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) released its 2024 HBCU Economic Impact Report, detailing how historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been drivers for social mobility and economic growth throughout the nation. The report, “Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs”, commissioned by UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), is a comprehensive, data-driven…
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said that Chinese students should be coming to the US to “study humanities and social sciences” instead of STEM subjects like “particle physics” The remarks were made during an event held at the Council on Foreign Relations’ China Strategy Initiative launch Some publications in China picked up the comments…
If you’ve been following the YSL RICO case, you’ve been waiting for the answer to (at least) two questions. The first of those questions should be who will replace Judge Glanville? While he fought hard to continue presiding over the matter, the writing has been on the wall that he’d be gone sooner or later…