[by Rick Bales]The president of Mount Saint Mary College apparently told some faculty members they need to change the way they think about struggling students, saying “This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly
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Growing the Pie
[by Rick Bales]I found this chart from a recent article in The Economist surprising — the U.S. significantly lags Australia, Britain, and Canada in the percentage of higher-education students hailing from foreign countries — and this despite the fact…
Henderson/McEntee/Shepard Propose Changes to US News’ Methodology
By David Yellen
Will Law Firms Go the Way of Kodak?
By David Yellen
Some Observations From AALS
I cannot believe it is January already, and that the AALS annual meeting is in full-force. While I have been a critic of the AALS in the past, I am happy to see the progress Judith Areen has made with…
Jerry Organ Analyzes Conditional Scholarships
By David Yellen
Jerry has posted another interesting analysis, this time of changes in the prevalence of conditional scholarships since the ABA began requiring disclosure of renewal rates. Again, I would ask you to consider how common this approach to scholarship assistance would…
Jerry Organ Analyzes the Law School Transfer Market
By David Yellen
Very interesting look at the data. This year, about 2000 law students transferred. As a thought experiment, how much lower do you think that number would be if transfer students were counted in U.S. News data?
NY Times Article on Two Year JD
By David Yellen
The NYT has an article noting the lack of success of the 2-year JD movement.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/business/dealbook/the-2-year-law-education-fails-to-take-off.html
New Experiential Training Requirement for Admission to NY Bar
By David Yellen
Crisis in Chicago
By David Yellen
If you interested in what has been going on in Chicago since the release of the video of the shooting of Laquan MacDonald, I did a BloggingheadsTV discussion with Glenn Loury.