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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The Real Story Behind the Goldwater Rule
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences writes about the background that led to the Goldwater Rule.
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This University Degree Actually Wants You to Waste Time on the Internet
Kenneth Goldsmith of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured about his latest book, Wasting Time on the Internet.
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The New North-South Divide: Public Higher Education
The headlines have been pounding out a drumbeat of angst and activism over such reminders of contentious division as Confederate flags at the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and statues of southern soldiers from the same era at the universities of Texas, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
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The Exoplanet Next Door
Cullen Blake of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for studying low mass-stars and their planets.
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Video: Temple University’s Incoming Freshmen Set Record, Penn Students Arrive on Campus
The New College House is highlighted where over 300 freshmen will move into today.
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Labor Board Ruling on Graduate Student Employment Rankles Universities, Lawmakers
The nation’s most-elite universities have watched graduate students fight for the right to be represented as employees, knowing that even if teachers and research assistants formed unions, schools were under no obligation to recognize the students in negotiations. Not anymore. A National Labor Relations Board decision granting graduate students the legal protection to unionize now forces private universities to bargain with organized graduate groups, a new reality that’s not sitting too well with schools.
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Decision Time
The key to graduating in four years (at least in the minds of many parents) is picking a major early and sticking with it. But a new report suggests students who settle on a major as late as senior year are more likely to graduate from college than students who declare one the second they set foot on campus. The report, published by the Education Advisory Board, a research and consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., challenges the notion that changing majors is keeping students in college past their intended graduation date and driving up their debt.
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Virginia School District Disproportionately Punishes Black Students, Complaint Says
A report published by the Graduate School of Education about disciplinary action in schools is cited.
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More Students Take ACT Exam, and Growing Portion Aren’t College Ready
More high-school graduates are taking the ACT college-entrance exam, as states push students to consider their options for higher education. But the test results show a growing portion aren’t actually ready for college. Sixty-four percent of 2016 high school graduates sat for the standardized test, up from 49% in 2012. The jump comes as more states—including Mississippi, Nevada and South Carolina—require districts to administer the tests, in the hope of increasing students’ awareness of college pathways.
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Medical Experts: TV Doctors’ Diagnoses of Clinton Are “Dangerous” and “Unethical”
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences says, “Ethically, unless you have entered into a therapeutic relationship with a patient, you are not supposed to diagnose their medical condition.”