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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tuition dependence increases as law school selectivity (and resulting salaries and job opportunities) decrease: private schools with the lowest selectivity (those with a median LSAT score of 152 or less) received an average of 95% of their revenue from tuition in 2012-13. This puts law schools in a bind.

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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

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Brooks met Naomi Hodge-Muse, co-author of Tales of Koehler Hollow , in 2012. Well, to my amazement, there was and is a very long-standing and pronounced African American presence throughout the history of Appalachia.”

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A

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Workforce Status Makes the Difference for Undocumented Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and Golden Door Scholars, two scholarship organizations helping undocumented students access, persist, and succeed in postsecondary education. Since DACA was first enacted in 2012, more than 825,000 recipients experienced a greater life stability thanks to work authorization. billion in federal taxes and $3.3

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s scholarship in a different form.” Gray says he felt pressure to produce another article when a friend came to him and said that the idea was not done because the scholarship was just one leg of the relay. Gray began conducting youth programs when he arrived at North Carolina State as a professor in 2012.

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Combatting Stigma Surrounding Asian American Mental Health Using Language

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When I went to the United States for my Fulbright scholarship, I studied communication and education politics at Gonzaga University. Research by Hall and Yee (2012) found that Asian Americans utilize mental health services the least among racial groups.

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Andrea Williams

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Under Williams's leadership, the 2011 Big Ten football championship game received the 2012 SportsTravel Award for “Best New Sports Event.” She also served on the NCAA staff in Indianapolis for two years as director of the NCAA Division I women's basketball championship.