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Simple Justice
Short Take: Admissions Against Interest
Standardized testing, right? Sure, they serve the purpose of enabling comparisons across different students, schools, states, but they unfairly favor the privileged students who have good schools, take special prep…
@theBar
Accepted: The Constitutionality of Section 513 of the IMDMA
Post Authored By: Shannon Luschen Illinois is only one of a handful of states where courts may require parents to contribute to their child’s college education. This “non-minor support” is…
Legal Profession Blog
College Admissions Conviction Draws Suspension
An attorney's conviction in the college admissions scandal drew a two-year suspension from the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial DepartmentIn 2015, respondent, who is currently 54 years-old,…
Understanding the ADA
College Admission Decisions: The View from Ontario Canada and its Applicability to the U.S.
Usually at this time of year, my last blog entry is devoted to the greatest hits for the year. However, for this year the data points are a bit mixed…
A Lawyer's Blog
CHILD SUPPORT – COLLEGE EXPENSES
Spinner v. Spinner, 2020 NY Slip Op 6307 - NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. November 4, 2020:"The Supreme Court also directed the plaintiff to contribute to the college expenses of…
Capital Thinking
Transition 2020 | President-elect Biden’s Education Policy Priorities
The Biden campaign outlined numerous core objectives of a future President Biden for both pre-kindergarten, K-12, and higher education. Those objectives include: Fair wages for teachers Increased funding for Title…
The Right Coast
Niche Sports Are No Longer an Ivy League Admissions Plan – The Atlantic
A story published last fall by The Daily Princetonian found that the Gold Coast of Connecticut pumps more athletic recruits into Ivy League schools than any other region in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
College-Educated Immigrants in the United States
In "College-Educated Immigrants in the United States," Kira Olsen-Medina and Jeanne Batalova for the Migration Policy Institute find that "[f]acilitated by changing immigration policies and global educational trends, the number…
The Right Coast
“I did it a bunch of times”: Dianne Feinstein’s husband caught in college admissions scandal
This is an example of why people are disgusted with professional politicians like Senator Feinstein. Would her husband have found such financial rewards in his career without a powerful political…
Royal Law Firm Blog
Nonprofit Grants Hollywood, Tuition-Free Admission To… Jail
Royal Law Firm PLLC August 27, 2020 , 6:22 pm , Uncategorized Nonprofit Grants Hollywood, Tuition-Free Admission To… Jail This week, primetime news relished covering the FBI in Hollywood. As…