The University of Alberta and Kaplan International have announced plans to launch foundation programs for international students. Starting in the 2024/2025 academic year, the new foundation program will expand the university’s international recruitment efforts and support its strategic vision to grow enrolment, the institution said in a statement. “We are thrilled to have been selected…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: After unveiling a sweeping restructuring initiative earlier this spring, St. Cloud State University leaders on Tuesday announced a finalized plan that preserves a handful of degree programs previously on the chopping block. The public Minnesota…
An interesting state trial court ruling from Illinois last week, in Colazzo v. Illinois State Board of Elections, illustrates the complex nature of the law surrounding ballot access, a topic that is of particular importance in election years. The background for Colazzo is a bit technical but mostly straightforward. Under state law, candidates from major…
Texas Prosecutor Pulls Gun Over Porn Dispute: Can’t make this stuff up. Leave The Hacking To Black Cube: Lawyer caught trying to access judge’s personal email and phone. Elon Musk Gives Up: OpenAI would have ripped him a new one. Even The 5th Circuit Makes Sense Sometimes: Revel in its rarity! Paul Weiss Keeps It…
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The American Jewish Committee is launching its Center for Education Advocacy, designed to transform educational spaces and prepare young Jews to be leaders. Ted DeutchThe center’s founding follows widespread antiwar demonstrations this spring on college campuses that left many Jewish students feeling isolated and, in some cases, vulnerable and unsafe. It is expected to work…
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 last time I wrote about Harvard in this space, there was a real sense of hope. It seemed interim President Dr. Alan Garber had managed to peacefully end the protest encampments in Harvard Yard without arrests and well ahead of graduation and alumni celebrations in May. Hurray for Harvard? I had even stopped short…
A recent big question in the YSL RICO case is how Brian Steel became aware of a private conversation that the judge had in his chambers. While that ex parte definitely shouldn’t have happened, it is reasonable to ask how Steel was privy of it. The hope is that he didn’t take the same intel…
Ten finalists have been named and are still in the running for the Aspen Institute’s 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Josh Wyner“The 10 Aspen Prize finalists demonstrate how community colleges serving urban and rural communities throughout the country can prepare many more graduates for fulfilling lives and careers in their communities,” said Josh…