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Colleges’ Climate for Low-income Students Shapes Academic Confidence
Some colleges put significant resources into recruiting and financially supporting low-income students. But how colleges describe those programs also matters, according to a new paper. If messages from a college suggest that it is "warm" toward students like them, the authors found, low-income students’ academic confidence and identification as high achievers are stronger than if the messages suggest that it is "chilly" — that the needs of students like them are ignored or overlooked. We talked with the paper’s lead author, Alexander S.
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Oberlin Students Take Culture War to the Dining Hall
Some students at Oberlin College are taking their demands for diversity and racial inclusion to the dining hall, asking for more traditional meals and criticizing what they consider poor efforts at multicultural cooking. It is the latest skirmish in a year marked by protests and other actions by college students to challenge the cultural and racial status quo on campuses across America.
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How Oil’s Fall Led to ISIS’s Rise
Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited.
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Five Holiday Dangers for Pet Owners to Beware
Lisa Murphy and Kenneth Drobatz of the School of Veterinary Medicine answer questions about how to keep pets safe during the holidays.
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A Spaniard Selling Lottery Fortune
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School is cited for co-authoring a study on lotteries.
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Kenney Wants Temple to Address Neighbors’ Concerns Before He Backs a Stadium
Mayor-elect Jim Kenney met with Temple University officials Thursday and told them they must address the worries of neighbors before he can endorse the school's plan to build a football stadium on campus. "Temple asked for this meeting to explain the benefits of building their stadium," Kenney's spokeswoman, Lauren Hitt, said in a statement Thursday night. "The mayor-elect enjoyed meeting with the university's representatives, and he appreciated them working with the city on this issue.
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Jefferson, Philadelphia University to Merger
In a deal that would join two fast-evolving institutions, Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University on Thursday announced a preliminary agreement to merge. The deal, expected to close by the end of June, could boost Philadelphia University's profile in the competitive Northeastern U.S. market for undergraduates, giving some a straighter shot at Jefferson's medical school. Jefferson, which has announced plans to merge with two hospital systems since 2014, would see its enrollment nearly double and its academic programs expand.
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Audio: How Movie Theaters Will Make the Most of ‘Star Wars’
Josh Eliashberg of the Wharton School talks about optimal theater scheduling.
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You’ll Be Outraged at How Easy It Was to Get You to Click on This Headline
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School comments on clickbait.
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Playing the Aid Game
Leaders at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have come to terms with a paradigm they find a little unpalatable: the institution needs to up its non-need-based aid if it’s going to be competitive with its peers, they say. Madison offers one of the lowest levels of non-need-based aid, often referred to as merit aid, among fellow Big Ten universities. Institutions such as Ohio State University and the Universities of Iowa and Michigan offer more than twice as many nonneedy freshmen merit aid as Madison does.