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Last Nonacademic President? Not a Chance
Almost as soon as the news surfaced that Simon Newman was quitting as president of Mount St. Mary's University, faculty members at that institution and elsewhere started to celebrate. On social media, they said they hoped to see fewer presidents like Newman -- a business executive and consultant, not an academic -- leading colleges. One comment on Twitter: "Dreaming: All corporate-style #highered leaders resigned." Newman struck many faculty members as the ultimate example of why they fear presidential candidates who are not academics.
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Video: Author Dr. Mary Frances Berry
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about her work in civil rights and her latest book, Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy.
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Neuroscience Has an Important (But Complicated) Place in the Courtroom
Ruben Gur of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about violence and brain science.
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Audio: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Struggle With New Challenges, Old Inequities
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education talks about the financial troubles and expectations of historically black colleges and universities.
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Theories Abound to Explain College Board’s Abrupt Ban on Certain SAT Takers
The College Board announced on Monday that it would bar all nonstudents from taking the new SAT this Saturday. That irked test-prep tutors, hundreds if not thousands of whom had registered for the examination, eager to see how it had or had not changed. In their field, firsthand experience with standardized tests is gold. The College Board has long allowed people who aren’t high-school students to take the SAT. So many registrants were surprised to learn that they couldn’t do so until the next administration of the exam, in May.
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Video: Lawmakers Take Closer Look at Potential Crowdfunding Scams
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School talks about the legitimacy of crowdfunding.
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College Board Moves to Stop Test Prep Providers From Taking New SAT on March 5
It’s no secret that test prep professionals like to take the exams they try to coach students to ace, and for many years have signed up to take the SAT and ACT (as well as other admissions exams). But some test prep providers have just received e-mails from the College Board telling them that even though they signed up to take the newly redesigned SAT on March 5, they will not be allowed to do so. Why?
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Youth Again Play Critical Role in Presidential Election
Undergraduate Brianna Sainte of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for using social media to foster youth participation in the voting process while interning in the Office of Government and Community Affairs.
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Retired HBCU Presidents Start Search Firm for Black-college Leaders
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education shares her thoughts on TM2 Executive Search, a new firm that focuses on identifying and placing candidate for top administrative positions at historically black colleges and universities.
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Video: Penn Med School Has Special Link to Returning Astronaut
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for monitoring astronaut Scott Kelly during his year in space and his twin brother Mark, back on earth, to compare cognitive differences.