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A Law Degree Is No Sure Thing: Some Law School Graduates Earn Top Dollar, but Many Do Not

Find Your School Full Report Press Release Summary Is law school worth it? A Juris Doctor (JD) offers high median earnings and a substantial earnings boost relative to a bachelor’s degree in the humanities or social sciences—two of the more common fields of study that lawyers pursue as undergraduate students. However, graduates of most law schools carry substantial student loan…
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Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade of Demographic Change at Selective and Open-Access Institutions Prior to the End of Race-Conscious Affirmative Action

Full Report Press Release Summary Last June, the US Supreme Court ended race-conscious affirmative action, bringing heightened attention to inequities in higher education. Although access to higher education for historically underrepresented students has improved overall, the quality of that opportunity remains uneven, particularly along the lines of race/ethnicity and class. Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade of Demographic Change at Selective…
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