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Lawful Hacking: Should, or Can, the FBI Learn to Overcome Encryption Itself?
Matthew Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about the FBI turning to a third party to crack encryption.
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Colleges Are Going Online to Crowdsource Donations, and They’re Raising Millions
It took just 43 hours for the College of the Holy Cross to raise nearly $2 million. The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a gala event. Instead, school leaders turned to GiveCampus.com, a Washington, D.C.-based crowdfunding website that appeals to a younger, more tech-savvy audience.
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Does American Medical Education Have To Be Endless?
Undergraduate Madhavi Muralidharan compares the length of time U.S. physician hopefuls spend in medical education to students in the United Kingdom, India and several European countries.
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Video: How to Deal With College Rejection (and acceptance) – For Students and Parents
Dean Eric Furda of Admissions weighs in on how high school graduates can manage the college decision process.
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A Health Care Strategy for Higher Ed
What can higher education learn from the health care industry? The two sectors have vastly different goals: one educates people, the other keeps them alive. But both colleges and hospitals face some of the same pressures. As the baby boom generation ages and enters retirement, care providers are bracing for the strain that surge of demand will place on the health care system. Similarly, colleges and universities are expecting to enroll more students from lower income brackets, which will create new demands for their advising services.
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The Big, Overlooked Question in Supreme Court Immigration Case
Cary Coglianese of the Law School comments on the impact of a Supreme Court case, regarding immigration, on how federal agencies operate.
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Pennovation Center Puts Out Call for Health Care Innovators
The new Pennovation Center is highlighted for encouraging health care innovators to utilize the shared-space wet lab.
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Here’s Why You Should Unplug While Watching Presidential Debates
A study conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, which revealed that using social media while watching debates was linked to lesser understanding of the candidates’ stances is cited.
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Why Sanders Does Better With Independents
Daniel Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about why presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appeals to Independent voters.
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University, Colleges Must Seek Help to Better Assist Students
As more students with challenging economic circumstances pursue higher education, colleges and universities must abandon the notion that they can go at it alone and still serve their students well. That was one of the key pieces of advice that a university president shared at the Association of Governing Boards’ national conference Monday during a panel on how to balance the need to increase completion rates and maintain quality. The event drew more than 1,100 individuals.