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Experts: Black Studies Programs Facing Campus Challenges
Protests by University of Missouri black students that forced the school's administration to address racism and other problems mirror efforts decades ago that led many majority white schools to create African-American studies and other programs. But those programs and some ethnic studies departments across the country are struggling with funding, low-staffing and dwindling student enrollment, according to some experts.
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Audio: Listen: 4 Speeches to Hear Before Bernie Sanders’ Socialism Address
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says “Every program that conservatives haven't liked for the past 40 years has been identified as a socialistic program and no one has been standing up to defend socialism.”
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How Mental-health Care Entered the Debate Over Racial Inequality
Just before midnight on Thursday, November 12, nearly 200 students gathered outside the house of Peter Salovey, Yale University's president. Passing around a megaphone, they read him their demands. Among other things, they wanted mental-health professionals placed in each of the university’s four cultural centers, which serve black, Asian-American, Hispanic, and American Indian students. And in Yale’s Mental Health and Counseling Center, they wanted more counselors of color.
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Pew: Rich Optimistic About City, Poor Not So Much
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on a report released by the Pew Charitable Trusts that shows a divide in the perceptions about Philadelphia.
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Leaders of Leaders: How to Multiply Talent From the Inside Out
Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is cited for his idea of “Total Leadership.”
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Doctors Debate Safety of Their White Coats
Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a debate regarding the safety of white coats.
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3 Ways the Education Dept. Stands Accused of Mismanaging Student Aid
The Education Department got hit from all sides at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, with lawmakers, advocates, and investigators alike accusing the agency of everything from lax oversight to poor customer service. Their target was the department’s Office of Federal Student Aid, or FSA, the semiautonomous division charged with awarding billions of dollars in student grants and loans, and overseeing the thousands of contractors and colleges that deliver and manage that money.
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Women Are Better Than Men At Learning English. That’s Not Necessarily a Good Sign.
They spend more time studying, and they read more: Girls outperform boys in a variety of subjects worldwide, a study from earlier this year found. An extensive new survey, released by the teaching company Education First, comes to another surprising conclusion: In most of the countries that were surveyed, women were better than men at learning English as a non-native language. In total, 70 countries were part of the analysis.
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Penn Chemist, Temple Physicist Win Phila. Science Award
Madeleine Joullié of the School of Arts & Sciences is highlighted for being a recipient of the John Scott Award.
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The Science Behind Why People Fear Refugees
Deborah Small of the Wharton School is quoted about the powerful impact of pictures and stories of Syrian refugees on Americans’ feelings.