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  • The Future of Fraud-busting
    Atlantic

    The Future of Fraud-busting

    Daniel Langleben of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying the way in which neural activity can signify lying.

    Mar 14, 2016

    The Real Price of a College Degree
    The Washington Post

    The Real Price of a College Degree

    The chart I shared last week illustrating just how much the nation’s declining income levels have contributed to the rising cost of college for the average family prompted plenty of comments about the value of a college degree. As I expected, I also heard from several higher education experts who asked why I used the “sticker price” of college in the chart to represent tuition levels. A college’s sticker price is like the sticker on the window of a new car: It’s the advertised price, but most people pay a lower, discounted figure. Just how much lower depends on a variety of factors.

    Mar 14, 2016

    Orderliness in School – What a Concept
    The Wall Street Journal

    Orderliness in School – What a Concept

    Research about school discipline policies conducted by Joan Goodman of the Graduate School of Education is cited.

    Mar 14, 2016

    The Shrinking Humanities Major
    Inside Higher Ed

    The Shrinking Humanities Major

    To listen to many politicians, one would think talented science students are abandoning laboratories to study the humanities. In fact, it is the humanities that are losing undergraduate majors, and a new analysis from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences documents the trend.

    Mar 14, 2016

    U. of California President Orders Tougher Response to Alleged Sexual Misconduct
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    U. of California President Orders Tougher Response to Alleged Sexual Misconduct

    Reacting to the latest allegation of sexual harassment by a senior faculty member of a subordinate, the University of California’s president, Janet Napolitano, said in a letter on Friday to all 10 chancellors of the university system that UC must henceforth respond to such cases “firmly, fairly, and expeditiously” and that the university must impose “appropriate sanctions” that “recognize the serious nature of these claims,” reports the Los Angeles Times. Ms.

    Mar 13, 2016