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Law School Rankings Complicate Diversity Efforts, Research Suggests
March 4, 2010 – 11:50 am | No Comment
Law School Rankings Complicate Diversity Efforts, Research Suggests

By Karen Sloan
Research by two social scientists suggests that the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings aren’t helping legal educators build a more diverse student body.
Deans and admissions officers told the researchers that …

Law School Admissions Lag Among Minorities
January 8, 2010 – 2:30 am | No Comment
Law School Admissions Lag Among Minorities

By TAMAR LEWIN
While law schools added about 3,000 seats for first-year students from 1993 to 2008, both the percentage and the number of black and Mexican-American law students declined in that period, according to a …

RAISING LEADERS OF TOMORROW – Advancing the Pace of Youth Initiatives
December 8, 2009 – 10:06 am | No Comment
RAISING LEADERS OF TOMORROW – Advancing the Pace of Youth Initiatives

RAISING LEADERS OF TOMORROW – Advancing the Pace of Youth Initiatives.

The event will be at ISNA in Mississauga
Saturday December 19, 2009 after maghrib insha’Allah
We are anticipating anywhere between 300 – 500 people
This is a fund …

The health of post-secondary education concerns all of us
November 4, 2009 – 4:38 pm | No Comment
The health of post-secondary education concerns all of us

By Omar Alghabra
November 5th is the annual students’ Day of Action where students gather to express their grievances and aspirations. This is a suitable occasion for us as a country to have a meaningful conversation …

U.K. – Academics used for monitoring foreign students and staff – We won’t collude with efforts to use the academy to police immigration
May 27, 2009 – 4:36 pm | No Comment
U.K. – Academics used for monitoring foreign students and staff – We won’t collude with efforts to use the academy to police immigration

From Times Higher Education, May 7 2009
Ann Singleton, Steve Tombs and David Whyte decry the insidious way in which academics are being used to monitor foreign students and staff
We are among the growing number of …