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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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Racial Surveillance Has a Long History
Dorothy Roberts of the Law School and the School of Arts & Sciences and Jeffrey Vagle of the Law School pen an op-ed about the history of racial surveillance.
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Let Pete Rose in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Keep Out Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School is the author of this op-ed on determining Hall of Fame ballplayers.
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Cosby Charged in Case of Temple U Employee
Pennsylvania authorities in late December filed criminal charges of felony indecent assault against Bill Cosby in regard to an incident involving a former employee of Temple University.
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Audio: Can Psychology Teach Us How to Stick to New Year’s Resolutions?
Research from the Wharton School about New Year’s resolutions as “temporal landmarks” is cited.
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15 Healthy Eating Tips for Weight Loss
Andrea Spivack of the Perelman School of Medicine offers advice on getting healthy in the new year.
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China Grants Courts Greater Autonomy on Limited Matters
Neysun Mahboubi of the School of Arts and Sciences is quote on efforts at ‘stability maintenance” and the Chinese court system.
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Can Science Predict Political Turmoil?
Jonathan Moreno of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine writes about the connection between science and predicting political turmoil.
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College Football, Parties and Rape
On the days that big-time college football teams play, the campus and local police departments of institutions playing see a notable increase in reports of rapes of college-age women, a new national study has found.
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In Defense of ‘Slacktivism’
Sandra González-Bailón of the Annenberg School for Communication is interviewed about slacktivism and its discontents.