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16 Oct 2015, 11:01 am by Michael Simkovic
The Wall Street Journal reports that a Federal District Court recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Florida Coastal School of Law defrauded its students through... [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 11:22 am by Michael Simkovic
Brian Leiter has an extremely helpful post about things that entry level candidates should think about when they receive a tenure track offer. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 4:30 am by Michael Simkovic
The Access Lex Institute is providing $5 million in total to fund an emergency relief fund for students at each of 200 law schools. [read post]
17 Nov 2017, 4:06 am by Michael Simkovic
Following up on my previous post, Republican Tax Hikes Target Education, Erin Rousseau, a neuroscience graduate student at MIT, writes in the New York Times:... [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 5:00 am by Michael Simkovic
A rigorous new study by Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer finds that much of the difference in employment outcomes between male and female law firm... [read post]
11 Oct 2021, 1:08 pm by Michael Simkovic
Three renowned labor economists, David Card (Berkeley), Joshua Angrist (MIT) and Guido Imbens (Stanford Business School) shared the Nobel prize in economics for their pioneering... [read post]
12 May 2015, 9:47 am by Michael Simkovic
Critics of competitive scholarships tied to GPA or class rank claim that these scholarships are especially troubling when used by law schools, because the mandatory... [read post]
18 Oct 2023, 1:30 am by Michael Simkovic
Nationally, pay for law professors has plummeted by more than 30 percent in real terms since 2013 according to data from the Department of Labor... [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 8:19 am by Michael Simkovic
A recent working paper by Caroline Hoxby (Stanford) suggests that the economic returns to online education (measured in terms of wage growth) may be too... [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 4:02 pm by Michael Froomkin
And, like clockwork, here’s Michael Simkovic with a reply, Wall Street Journal blames law schools for COVID economy (Michael Simkovic), the core of which is the economist’s perennial question: compared to what? [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 4:00 am by Michael Simkovic
Professor Lawrence Lessig recently sued The New York Times Company for defamation for incorrectly suggesting in a headline and lede that Lessig advocated soliciting donations... [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 12:09 pm by Michael Simkovic
As part of the CARE Act passed in March, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is working with private banks to make several hundred billion dollars... [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 7:22 am by Michael Simkovic
The three averages—means, medians, and modes—are basic mathematical concepts. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 6:09 am by Michael Simkovic
Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon: 13: The Misinformation Age https://overcast.fm/+Feqoo83GI Professor Brian Southwell explains why people tend to believe false information and discusses strategies for... [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 4:47 pm by Michael Simkovic
Daniel Hemel and David Herzig argue in the New York Times that a Republican plan to replace a tax penalty paid by the uninsured under... [read post]
17 May 2018, 4:47 am by Michael Simkovic
Following up on my previous post, When do donor influence and ideology undermine academic integrity? [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 7:50 pm by Michael Simkovic
Bloomberg reports on former Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Clinton's policy proposal for higher education. [read post]