Penn in the News

Kevin Volpp of the Wharton School and the Perelman School of Medicine and Katherine Milkman also of Wharton are quoted.

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released a draft funding bill that would block implementation of federal gainful employment rules and would not back the U.S. Senate's attempt to restore year-round Pell Grant eligibility. The bill also includes $33.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health, which is $1.25 billion above this fiscal year's funding level. The Obama administration's attempt to regulate vocational programs at colleges based on their graduates' labor-market standards went into effect last year.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on the impact of philanthropic foundations supporting historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions.

Within hours of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, Allyson Delnore at the University of Pittsburgh got an email from a partner at the international office at Newcastle University, several hours north of London. The message said that Newcastle is unsure whether a collaborative research exchange program between the University of Pittsburgh and Newcastle will be affected by the British vote. Ms. Delnore, Pitt’s European Studies Center interim director, thought after reading the email that the future of the program would be in question.

In Susan Warfield’s world, keeping a student enrolled at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is often the result of a serendipitous encounter, a run-in with a someone in tears at a moment of crisis. Not long ago, in a lounge for low-income students who are parents, Ms. Warfield encountered a young woman sitting at a computer who had pulled up the form to withdraw from the university. Ms. Warfield, who directs the student-parent center, asked what was going on, and the student tearfully explained that her laptop had been stolen.

University architect David Hollenberg is quoted about the new Perry World House’s “collage” approach to the design.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will announce on Wednesday $10 million in grants for non-profit organizations and colleges to develop counseling programs and other services to turn people away from violent extremism, according to a senior DHS official. The official, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity before the planned announcement, said the department recognizes law enforcement is limited in its ability to intervene before someone becomes radicalized like Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people in Orlando last month.

Researchers of the Wharton School are cited for collaborating on a study that gives insight on why taking pictures may enhance certain experiences.

The 2015-16 academic year was one of numerous student protests demanding increases in the admission of minority students and the hiring of minority faculty members -- not to mention numerous other measures to promote inclusivity on campus. But what exactly do students want?

Being a low-income student in college is difficult, but it’s likely to be even more difficult if you’re also a woman. Barbara Gault, executive director of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, points out that female students are much more likely to be raising children and may even be caring for older relatives as well. Colleges’ schedules and services have long catered to traditional, childless students, she says, but they need to change to accommodate a new student population.