What You Didn’t Know About Donor Milk Huffington Post What You Didn’t Know About Donor Milk Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing co-writes an article about donor breast milk.
Commentary: Put Colleges to Work on Region’s Most Vexing Problems Philly.com Commentary: Put Colleges to Work on Region’s Most Vexing Problems Penn is mentioned for being nationally recognized for civic-engagement efforts.
Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges Chronicle of Higher Education Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges The Chronicle's executive-compensation package includes data on more than 1,200 chief executives at nearly 600 private colleges from 2008-13 and 250 public universities and systems from 2010-15. Updated in July, 2016, with 2014-15 public college data.
Trump Backers On Campus Wage Lonely Battle The Wall Street Journal Trump Backers On Campus Wage Lonely Battle Vassar College economics student Ian Vasily cuts an unusual figure walking through campus in a hat bearing Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Many students at the upstate New York school ask: “ ‘Are you actually supporting him?’ ” Mr. Vasily said, “ ‘Or is this ironic?’ ”At liberal-arts colleges in the Northeast and on many campuses nationwide, where left-wing activism often flourishes, there is little love lost between the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and student bodies.
What Classics Professors Can Teach the Rest of Us Chronicle of Higher Education What Classics Professors Can Teach the Rest of Us Joseph Farrell of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on classics professors regarding themselves as language teachers.
Labor Board Ruling Could Allow Grad Students to Unionize The Wall Street Journal Labor Board Ruling Could Allow Grad Students to Unionize When Paul Katz, a fourth-year graduate student at Columbia University, is researching primary texts in the library, he considers himself a student. But when he is grading undergraduate papers or lecturing to students, he sees himself as an employee who should have the right to join a union. The National Labor Relations Board is expected to decide on his status this summer in a ruling that could pave the way for graduate students at private schools across the country to unionize.
War of Words The Economist War of Words Mark Liberman of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for studying pitch and tone through comparisons of Republican presidential candidates’ speeches.
America Really Is More Divided Than Ever The Washington Post America Really Is More Divided Than Ever Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on mainstream media and says, “There’s a dominant polarization narrative that is driving coverage.”
Fecal Transplants Can Be Life-saving, but How? The New York Times Fecal Transplants Can Be Life-saving, but How? Frederic Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on fecal transplants.
‘Debt-free’ College Hits the Congressional Campaigns Inside Higher Ed ‘Debt-free’ College Hits the Congressional Campaigns A progressive political action committee announced this week that multiple Democrats in high-profile Senate races would back calls for debt-free college in the wake of Bernie Sanders’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a political action committee focused on backing left-leaning policy ideas and candidates, announced that eight Democratic candidates for Senate were getting behind the goal of debt-free college.