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As Disease Ebbs in West Africa, Philadelphia Halts Ebola Monitoring
Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “We are preparing to stop asking the questions about West Africa, but we are debating how to maintain our preparedness.”
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Elevator Pitch for a Women’s College: Revamp Curriculum, Attract Students
Agnes Scott College is making a big bet on its future as a liberal-arts institution for women. It’s a wager that trustees have backed with a $20-million investment from the $260-million endowment, and that faculty members have enthusiastically supported by refocusing the curriculum. And this past August it brought the 127-year-old college its largest first-year class ever, raising total enrollment to 915 students. Administrators say it’s too early to be sure the bet will pay off, but there’s no hiding how happy everyone is with the initial results.
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Responding to Racist Stereotypes
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is cited for his article “Black Male College Achievers and Resistant Responses to Racist Stereotypes at Predominately White Colleges and Universities.”
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‘Inside Graduate Admissions’
Ph.D. programs are one of the few parts of higher education where admissions decisions are made without admissions professionals. Small groups of faculty members meet, department by department, to decide whom to admit. And their decisions effectively determine the future makeup of the faculty in higher education. Politicians, judges, journalists, parents and prospective students subject the admissions policies of undergraduate colleges and professional schools to considerable scrutiny, with much public debate over appropriate criteria. But the question of who gets into Ph.D.
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GOP Lawmakers Ask U. of Missouri to Fire Pair Who Obstructed Student Journalists
Weeks after two University of Missouri employees were caught on video trying to force student journalists from a protest about the campus racial climate, Republican lawmakers in the state are trying to force the women from their jobs. The Columbia Missourian reports that more than a hundred state representatives and 18 senators, all Republicans, have signed a letter urging that the university fire Melissa A.
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Graded on Looks
Professors differ on how much their grading should be based on tests, written assignments, labs, class participation and other factors. But students' looks? Most faculty members would deny that physical appearance is a legitimate criterion in grading. But a study presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association finds that -- among similarly qualified female students -- those who are physically attractive earn better grades than others. For male students, there is no significant relationship between attractiveness and grades.
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The Ongoing Battles With Pathogens
Robert Kurzban of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about pathogens.
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Obama’s Move on Guns May Have Only Modest Effect on Violence
Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice suggests that it is difficult to predict the impact of President Obama’s move to tighten gun-control laws.
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Accountable or Not?
How much has to go wrong at an institution before its top leaders are held accountable? That’s what some at the University of Louisville are asking. The public university has weathered several high-profile incidents in the last year, including a prostitution scandal involving the men’s basketball team, the president and his staff donning racially insensitive Halloween costumes, and, revealed most recently, the ongoing investigation of an executive vice president and other high-level staffers for possibly misusing federal funds.
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The Epistemic Trainwreck of Soft-side Psychology
Philip Tetlock of the Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences writes about the soft-side of psychology.