Harvard Law and 'Public Service'

"Less than two years after announcing that it would waive tuition for third-year students who pledge to spend five years working for nonprofit organizations or for the government, Harvard Law School is suspending the program — in part because almost twice as many students as expected signed up," the New York Times reports. The cultural and attitudinal shift on university campuses toward non-profit or government employment and away from the private, for-profit sector is one of the biggest stories around these days. We noted it earlier, and we will have more to say about it in the days ahead.