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Law schools are now dramatically out of step with two connected movements: test-optional admissions in undergraduate and graduate higher education, and the public’s increasing scorn of admissions tests since the Varsity Blues scandal.

Even at Harvard, the SAT — that standard for U.S. college admissions and stuff of high-schooler nightmares — is now said to be “optional.” Which choice best describes what today’s anxious applicant should do? A) Skip the test and gleefully break No. 2 pencils B) Take the exam and show off a perfect 1600 C) Prep, test and re-test to bump up meh scores D) Keep reading this article The correct ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Moscow community is still reeling after a quadruple homicide that took place in the early hours of Nov. 13 near the University of Idaho campus. Making it harder to grasp is that there’s still no suspect. Police said they are investigating any leads that might help them find who committed the crime, which took place at a home on King Road. Police Chief James Fry said law ...

A grim and familiar pattern has followed the parade of mass shootings across America. In their aftermath, the nation’s attention focuses on the direct victims of the attacks, the dead and injured, their families and friends, and the witnesses. But a growing body of research reveals that the negative effects of mass shootings spread much further than previously understood, harming the health of ...

Students lost more than academic skills to the pandemic; they also lost social skills needed to navigate positive relationships with peers. Schools have to recognize that the loss of social skills equates to a lack of learning loss.

There is much to celebrate in the cancellation of student debt, and then there is the big picture, which remains grim. The cost of higher education remains a hurdle for millions.

The praying Bremerton, Washington, coach won a great victory in the U.S. Supreme Court this week. But to get that win, he lost his way.