The report, published by INTO student recruitment company on May 27, “signals a major shift in student behaviour and the emergence of new study-abroad destinations,” said Tom Hands, INTO chief recruitment officer for university partnerships. “The competition for universities in top study-abroad markets to attract overseas talent has become even tougher,” he added. Conducted in…
Seeking a clear sector response to the rhetoric set out in articles by The Sunday Times, the Universities UK board commissioned Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education to conduct an independent and rapid review of international pathway programs, with findings expected to be released in early June 2024. Main concerns included claims that international pathway…
The intersectionality of race and gender cannot be ignored when assessing how college onboarding forces assimilation, stripping Black men of their identity to ensure they are more palpable to society at large. Manhood and leadership can take many forms, and each should be celebrated and embraced for the unique opportunities and insights they provide. Everything…
Marquette University recently received over a million dollars from the Mellon Foundation to further energize and grow its prison education program. The program is headed by two organizations housed within Marquette’s Center for Urban Research, Teaching, & Outreach (CURTO). The first, the Educational Preparedness Program (EPP), offers courses, academic support, and career-building resources to currently…
This chapter is presented in advance of publication by the ABA to encourage review and comment on the author’s thesis so that he can identify any errors of fact or thought that ought to be corrected. There is a small but growing movement to remove any reference to zealous advocacy from ethical codes. Those objecting…
Judge David Tatel hung up his robes, that is, he retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last year. But that doesn’t mean he’s disappearing into the sunset. Tatel is now an author, penning a memoir out June 11th, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice (affiliate link). As…
It’s been a year of missteps, miscalculations, confusion, delays, glitches, and frustration after the botched launch of the simplified FAFSA, which has prevented financial aid packages from being awarded to students with ample time to make plans for their future. Last week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona released a letter to Federal Student…
In its efforts to counter union organizing drives at its retail stores, Starbucks had some success obtaining lower courts’ approval of subpoenas seeking state-of-mind discovery of its regular employees regarding whether they support the union or have in fact been “chilled” by Starbucks’s opposition campaign. Such discovery may itself undermine support for the union and…
It’s been a year of missteps, miscalculations, confusion, delays, glitches, and frustration after the botched launch of the simplified FAFSA, which has prevented financial aid packages from being awarded to students with ample time to make plans for their future. Last week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona released a letter to Federal Student…
(Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) When asked if he had any evidence at all, the great Lionel Hutz once said, “we’ve got plenty of hearsay and conjecture, those are kinds of evidence.” Trump attorney Will Scharf doesn’t even have hearsay on his side, but he’s fine running…