Pre-election Musing on Federalism

I saw two televised debates this election cycle: New York’s US Senatorial race (the Schumer one—I get to vote in two Senate elections this year, YAY!), and oddly, the Colorado gubernatorial debate. Aside from the Coloradoans discussing higher education (I forget if it was the Republican Maes or American Constitutional Party Tancredo who mentioned that [...]

Dean Baker Misses the Law School Tuition Bubble

You may know that economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic Policy and Research is one of my inspirations, and he frequently criticizes major media outlets for failing to report on the $8 trillion housing bubble, e.g. “The Washington Post STILL Has Not Noticed the $8 Trillion Housing Bubble.”  He does, however, harbor dismissive [...]

Minnesota Taxpayers to Reduce Subsidies to Law School Tuition Bubble

[Update]: Scammed Hard! reports the University of Minnesota’s instructors’ salaries via the Star Tribune. This is how Adam Daniels should’ve titled his Minnesota Daily article instead of “After Cuts, Law School Eyes Future: A 50 percent cut in two years translates to increased tuition.” In two years, the state will cut its payments to the [...]

Income Based Repayment Helps Law Students, Not the Tuition Bubble

Last week, I wrote: [The “ABA Economic Recovery Resources” webpage] also contains Resolution 301, a futile (but thanks for trying) request to Congress asking it to convert private student loans to public loans, increased access to loan consolidation and income-based repayment plans, and amusingly, TARP funds. And I quoted former President Carolyn Lamm’s “Law School [...]

The Decline and Fall of the British Links—ABA to Tighten Its Grip on Law Schools?

Five links in three topics. (1a) Karen Sloan, “ABA May Join Push for Law School Transparency,” in Law.com (1b) Elie Mystal, “The ABA Is Slowly Coming around on Law School Transparency,” in Above the Law (1c) Debra Cassens Weiss, “ABA Weighs Required Disclosure of Law School Job Stats, More Rigorous Reporting,” in The ABA Journal [...]

The Village Green Preservation Links—NYLS Dean Writes on the Tuition Bubble

New York Law School Dean and President Richard A. Matasar, “Does the Current Economic Model of Legal Education Work for Law Schools, Law Firms (or Anyone Else)?” [bad link!] in the New York State Bar Association Journal Typically, law school deans’ presence on this blog highly correlates to face-palmed criticism.  Dean Matasar ups the ante [...]

Something Else by the Links—Nonprofit Higher Ed Criticized, LSATs down from last Year, Calls for Independent Audits of Law Schools, & Defaulted Student Loans Inefficiently Collected

Four topics: (1a) Jacques Steinberg, “Is What’s Ailing For-Profit Colleges Evident throughout Higher Education?” in the New York Times, Education: “The Choice” (1b) Marc Bousquet, “Fix Nonprofit Higher Ed First,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education Bousquet dubs Title IV higher education funding, “The Tuition Gold Rush,” and instead of paying out the excess capital [...]

Dear ABA Committee Chair, No, It’s Not That Complicated. Signed, The Legal Profession

Heather Diersen follows up her JDs Rising piece, “Dear Law School, It’s All Your Fault.  Signed, Recent Grad,” with, “Dear Recent Grads, It’s More Complicated Than That.  Signed, The ABA,” in which she parses an interview she conducted with ABA Accreditation Committee chair, Jay Conison, also dean of Valparaiso University School of Law.  Dean Conison [...]

Guest Post: A Few Humble Suggestions to Burst Your Bubble

“Everitt Henry” inaugurates the first of what I hope are many guest posts.  Everitt declined to provide any doodles, much to my chagrin.  If you’d like to write for the blog, let me know.  Your content is your own, but I will do some minor proofreading because I’m nice. A Few Humble Suggestions to Burst [...]

The Link Kontroversy—Law Schools’ Evening Programs Imperiled, ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules Stalled, & Boy Have I Got a Job for You!

Karen Sloan, “Law School’s Evening Classes Fall Prey to Recession,” in The National Law Journal Pace University Law School has decided to phase out its evening program.  The reason: people’s employers aren’t paying for it anymore.  It’s heartening to know that those interested in evening programs opt against attending rather than take out student loans.  [...]