From empty seats to shared success: Course-sharing can keep students on track to graduate and create fiscal and operational efficiencies for institutions.
One student set to graduate this spring has been unable to reach anyone about receiving her credential or accessing her transcripts to transfer elsewhere.
Shrinking state funding in the 1970s forced colleges to shift costs to students, ending the era of widespread tuition-free higher education. Expanded federal student loans then helped drive tuition sharply higher, according to History.
U.S. law schools head into 2026 under tighter student loan caps and growing scrutiny of ABA oversight, even as applications surge. The changes are reshaping how schools fund and regulate legal education.
