It appears that the University of Iowa Board of Regents has just bypassed the Law School’s tuition recommendation. One step forward for the rights of law students anywhere!
They Thought We Were Stupid (We Weren’t)
Way back in October, the University of Iowa College of Law came forward with a tuition proposition that had the students in an uproar. They may not have been in the streets striking, but social media accounts lit up. None of us understood how the Law School thought we would be okay with the proposal – did we look that stupid?
After attending UIowa Law, I will owe nearly $200,000 in tuition. I owed less than $27,000 after undergrad.
According to reports, the Law School wanted to cut non-resident tuition by almost $8000 (with the cost dropping from $47,252 to $39,500 per year). In order to prop up this cut in non-resident tuition, the College was going to raise resident tuition by approx. $500 (up to about $26,750 per year). It sounded really good, especially when you consider the fact that resident applications have dropped drastically in recent years (actually all applications have dropped; law schools are just slow at admitting it). Since 2010, applications from Iowa Residents have fallen by nearly 50% (from 287 to 173). So with more non-residents coming in, it sounds like a good idea to drop tuition for them right?
The Students however saw the following problems –
So now, the resident tuition hike is hitting both the resident students and the non-residents who have R.A. positions.
Suffice to say, students were unhappy.
The Board of Regents Responds
Thank God for the wonderful UIowa Board of Regents who acknowledged the problems with the plan. As Regent Katie Mulholland said,“If it is fair to lower nonresident tuition, then our resident students ought to have the same opportunity in terms of cost.” (2) The Board went on to state that they were “‘disappointed’ a tuition cut wasn’t proposed by the law school.” (2). Instead, the Board has proposed that, while the non-resident tuition drop will stand, there will also be a $4,464 drop in resident tuition (to $22,284 per year). If the Board approves of the proposal, it will begin taking effect in 2014. Too late to help me, but hopefully it will be beneficial to those student in the future. At least it’s a step in the right direction.
MPRE scores are posted if you took the test Nov. 2013! Meaning I just spent 45 minutes trying to figure out where they were going to show up. Now that I have located it, I thought I’d share the directions in case anyone else was having the same problem. 🙂 CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE.
Looks like this. You need the “Scaled Score.” Now go check out the State MPRE Requirements to see where your score is sufficient to meet their laws. You need at least a 75, usually higher, for all but Puerto Rico, Maryland, and Wisconsin.
It’s getting to be that time of the year when students start looking at FAFSA’s and considering co-signors. While a lot of people (parents included) frequently co-sign loans for students without reading the fine print, that can actually be very dangerous. Unfortunately may are unaware of the potential problems that loom. With that in mind, Bank of America has posted a great video that explains what the process of cosigning is and what your responsibilities will be. It’s worth checking out!.
I ran into this problem today, so I figured I would share the information with you 🙂
If you need to find the wireless password and you don’t have access to the Router (I.e. you are at an extended family’s house like me :P) Here is how you go about locating that.
Worked for me; hope it helps you!!
As a lead-in to the lovely Thanksgiving holidays, here’s something I’m not thankful for–critics (yes, I get the irony). It seems like every year it gets more and more popular to criticize basically everything. Sarcasm is now becoming the default language for “cool people.”
“I hate . . . ” “I know, right!” If I hear that phrase one more time. . . Ugh!!
The world of fashion is naturally the shining example. Society was all about the Ugg boots (never really my fave–I prefer riding boots), right up until someone needed to say their piece. Suddenly, everyone else feels the need to jump on the bandwagon. Have you even thought about how rude that is?!? If you hated it that much, you should have said something before most little girls had to have a pair.
Technology, yeah that’s another HUGE area. Either you’re the idiot with an electronic that’s “ancient” or you’re the idiot who rushed right out there to “buy up the latest item when you don’t really need it.” Classic rock and hard place.
What is making me really tired is that it now extends to Holidays. I hated it clear back when everyone was ragging on Christmas. Admittedly, I probably spend way too much on a holiday that should focus on the celebration of my Lord. But I throw Him a heck of a party. You personally may have lost sight of the “Reason for the Season,” but excuse me if I partially remember God’s gift to us by giving my Aunt that beautiful statue she loves so much. Really, no one asked for you to rain on my parade.
Now it’s been extended to other holidays! Continue reading
Did you know that items you lose/leave behind may be turned in to the State Treasury? In fact, a lot of lost property is required to be turned in. And the Treasury office might keep it for quite a while, waiting for you to claim it. On the other hand, the states do auction items off after awhile to raise money.
And we’re not just talking $1 here or there. Some items in the auctions sell for thousands of dollars. State Treasury Offices can have as much as a $Billion+ in unclaimed property that people have lost and never claimed. It can be physical property or something like an Insurance Refund (my uncle found $120+) or a Payroll (cousin had $28) or other such things. Each state has a search engine where you look up your name (or a deceased family members name when searching for the estate). If you don’t find anything there, make sure you try calling the State Treasurer’s office too. Not every state published everything in their possession–some take things down over time or don’t post big items, etc. Then usually you just have to file your claim. Check it out! Great places to start are MissingMoney and NAUPA; they’re working with a bunch of states at once.
Most people have forgotten about it, if they ever even knew in the first place. They called it Operation Kindertransport–the mission that to save endangered children. At the time it began, Hitler already ruled Germany and Austria; the holocaust was in its beginning stages. Then Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) saw Nazi forces implementing a series of programs against Jewish families resulting in the death of 91 and the arrest and assignment to concentration camps for 30,000 others. Suddenly, those watching knew that things were about to get a lot worse.
Five days later, several concerned Jewish and Quaker UK citizens went to the British government asking for help in a rescue mission they were planning to help children most at risk. The original idea was to collect children or teens in danger of arrest, orphans, and children whose parents were imprisoned. The UK would then house and Continue reading
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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