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How to Succeed in China
Launching a successful transnational education offering in China is a holy grail for some Western university leaders -- and recent research may help map a path to this elusive prize.
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Alzheimer’s Drug May Nudge Smokers Toward Quitting
Nicotine research from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Nursing is featured.
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Tough Questions for Mount St. Mary’s
In June, Mount St. Mary's University received reaffirmation of its accreditation, with strong reviews, from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. But after a month of controversy at the Maryland institution, Middle States may be having second thoughts.
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Campus Dialogue
Dean Eric Furda of Admissions writes bout his experience attending Penn’s Posse-Plus Retreat.
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MaryFrances McCourt Named VP for Finance and Treasurer at University of Pennsylvania
MaryFrance McCourt is featured as the new vice president for finance and treasurer of the University.
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Overtime Woes
On her busier weeks, when she’s out in the field, Carly Ebben is sure she works more than 40 hours. But it varies. When she’s at the University of California at Berkeley, she works less. When she’s out conducting research, she works more. She isn’t sure how much more. Like most postdoctoral researchers, Ebben is a salaried employee, and she’s never had to track her hours. She isn’t paid for overtime. Had she been making less money, things would be different.
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Doctor’s Orders: Start Playing Video Games
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the therapeutic gaming field.
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University of Missouri Fires Instructor After Student Run-ins
The University of Missouri fired an assistant professor on Thursday who had been suspended after run-ins with student journalists during protests last year, including a videotaped confrontation in which she called
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As College-Run Bookstores Hang By a Thread, UNC Ponders Virtual Alternatives
A heated battle over the future of the 100-year-old campus bookstore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill highlights what has become an existential crisis for many university-owned and -operated campus stores. The one at UNC, Bull’s Head Bookshop, has seen its sales sink in the last few years, from $1.7 million annually to $700,000. Similar declines have plagued campus bookstores across the country. In the past, revenue from Bull’s Head has supported need-based scholarships on the campus.
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HBCUs: an Unheralded Role in STEM Majors and a Model for Other Colleges
Student Ken Leichter of the Graduate School of Education writes about historically black colleges and universities educating African-American students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.Marybeth Gasman