The stakes of the current Presidential contest are extremely high. Former President Donald Trump has made clear his intention to replace longtime civil servants with servile hacks, immiserate undocumented immigrants, reverse efforts to combat the climate emergency, abandon Ukraine to the untender mercies of Vladimir Putin, and use the organs of government to persecute his…
‘Come on, man!’ (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Y’all remember when Justice Scalia died in February of 2016 and the Republicans blocked our — the president’s nomination, President Obama’s nomination to fill that vacancy for nearly a year by making up an entirely new…
A rising tide of anti-DEI sentiment is sweeping across the U.S., leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in higher education feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. Legislative attacks, budget cuts, and job insecurity have created a pervasive sense of crisis for these professionals. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education…
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to JD Vance’s law school classmate/failed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Vance and Ramaswamy bonded over watching which professional sports team while at Yale Law? Hint: This team made the playoffs the last two years Vance and Ramaswamy…
Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, the longtime president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), has confirmed plans that she will retire from her post next year. Dr. Belle S. Wheelan“To see the increases in student achievement and know that we had a little something to do with it has been…
It Ain’t Joever Yet!: Biglaw puts serious money behind their candidate. The Center Has A Clear Rightward Skew: Let’s reconsider Roberts’s legacy as an institutionalist. Getting Things In Order Takes Some Cleanup: Judge Whitaker sifts through the YSL RICO procedurals. Go Back And Fetch It: AI suggests first-years go back and look harder. Set Yourself…
The majority of future good jobs will be accessible through bachelor’s degree pathways. That’s according to a new report by the Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. “The Future of Good Jobs: Projections through 2031” reminds readers that higher education has a critical role to play in the future…
Bobby Finke (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images) The annual legal profession hazing ritual licensing exam is underway! In many jurisdictions around the country, today is day one of the bar exam. It’s pretty much the most important test in a recent law school graduate’s burgeoning career. No pressure, though! The Summer Olympics is…
Dr. Lenora Helm HammondsLenora Helm Hammonds has been appointed dean of the professional education division at the Berklee College of Music. She served as a professor in the music department and jazz studies program at North Carolina Central University. Hammonds holds a bachelor’s degree in film and media scoring from Berklee, a Master of Music degree…
(Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg) Joe Biden is now — belatedly — on the Supreme Court term limits train. It’s almost embarrassing to approvingly quote The West Wing at this point, but “let’s forget the fact that you’re coming a little late to the party and embrace the fact that you showed up at all,” might be…