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20 Jul 2018, 4:00 am by Michael Simkovic
There are economies of size in legal education. Larger law schools can support a more highly specialized faculty, offer students a wider range of course... [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 4:45 am by Michael Simkovic
The draft tax plan unveiled last week by House Republicans targets students and educational institutions for tax increases. The Republican proposal would eliminate the lifetime... [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 12:48 pm by Michael Simkovic
Noah Feldman recently argued that law schools are not helping students with low standardized test scores by denying those students the opportunity to attend law... [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 10:01 am by Michael Simkovic
John Brooks (Georgetown) and Jonathan Glater (UC Irvine) argue in today’s Los Angeles Times that the Federal Government should raise the borrowing limit on federal... [read post]
12 May 2015, 1:02 pm by Michael Simkovic
In the Wall Street Journal, Professor Adam Levitin of Georgetown argues yes for private student loans and no for federal student loans, since the latter... [read post]
7 May 2015, 7:28 pm by Michael Simkovic
One question in the labor economics literature is why education increases earnings. The dominant view is Human Capital Theory—education increases earnings by increasing productivity of... [read post]
4 May 2015, 11:52 am by Michael Simkovic
Many critics have attacked law schools for offering merit scholarships that can only be retained if students meet minimum GPA requirements. Jeremy Telman has a... [read post]
20 Jul 2018, 4:00 am by Michael Simkovic
There are economies of size in legal education. Larger law schools can support a more highly specialized faculty, offer students a wider range of course... [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 5:58 pm by Michael Simkovic
In the Los Angeles Review of Books, Frank Pasquale reviews "The End of College" by Kevin Carey of the New America Foundation: "Tax-cutting, budget-slashing politicos... [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 12:50 pm by Michael Simkovic
The ABA recently voted to permit a dramatic expansion of online legal education. Online education is controversial in higher education. It is even more controversial... [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 12:11 pm by Michael Simkovic
How to Count: Choosing the Right Data Source In response to my last post, a reader asked why different data sources give different counts for... [read post]
7 May 2017, 5:47 am by Michael Simkovic
Every 6 to 7 years, professors are offered one semester or one year without teaching or administrative duties. Some use the opportunity to start an... [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 2:16 pm by Michael Simkovic
Student loans are more difficult to discharge in bankruptcy than most consumer or business debts. Discharge is only available if repayment “would impose an undue... [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 7:13 pm by Michael Simkovic
U.C. Irvine is hosting a Symposium on Higher Education Access, this Friday, September 25. I'm presenting A Value Added Perspective on Higher Education. Jim Chen... [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 7:22 am by Michael Simkovic
College costs more than it used to. It's also worth a lot more than it used to be worth. The increase in value of a... [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 12:36 pm by Michael Simkovic
Tom Friedman's latest New York Times column uses the labor market for executive assistants and executive secretaries to illustrate dubious claims about credentialing and over-education.... [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 4:19 am by Michael Simkovic
The Wall Street Journal closed several of its blogs on Monday, including its Law Blog. The WSJ has maintained its blogs with broader readership, such... [read post]
18 Apr 2017, 5:20 pm by Michael Simkovic
Mark Hall and Glenn Cohen have extended Brian Leiter's approach to ranking faculty by scholarly citations (based on Sisk data) to the field of health... [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 1:11 pm by Bridget Crawford
University School of Law New Jersey Adam Scales, Camden – Vice Dean, Rutgers School of Law, Camden Michael [read post]