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For Think Tanks, It’s Either Innovate or Die
James McGann of the School of Arts & Sciences shares his thoughts on the challenges facing think tanks.
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After One Campus Is Attacked, the Others Adapt
Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges sent alerts to students and faculty members this past weekend informing them that a posting on social media had threatened violence at an unspecified Philadelphia-area college or university, just days after the killings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. On Tuesday, after a report of a man brandishing a handgun on the campus of Community College of Philadelphia, the police immediately sent SWAT teams to search buildings room by room. As helicopters hovered, students and faculty were put on lockdown for several hours.
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German President Calls for Stronger Trans-Atlantic Relations
German President Joachim Gauck’s remarks while at Penn about U.S.-German relations are highlighted.
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Gene Therapy for Rare Cause of Blindness Shows Promise
Albert Maguire of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about gene therapy used to improve eyesight.
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A Faculty’s Stand on Trigger Warnings Stirs Fears Among Students
Faith N. Ferber, a junior at American University, finds herself intensely drawn to a subject that profoundly upsets her: sexual violence. She focuses her studies on it, helps run a campus group that advocates against it, and hopes someday to have a career fighting it. At the same time, she says, unexpected classroom discussions of the topic give her panic attacks — a reaction she attributes to post-traumatic stress disorder from being assaulted off campus just over a year ago. Such surprises can send her fleeing into a hallway or leave her rattled for days, she says.
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Perks and Pay Under Fire
Nowhere in the country are the governing boards, presidents and executive pay structures of colleges and universities receiving more scrutiny and attention than in Illinois. The state has weathered scandal upon scandal in recent months. Central among the controversies is the question of what kind of pay presidents should receive on their way out the door, especially when their tenure has been tumultuous. And contention in Illinois, some say, is highlighting a broader question about the state of nonsalary compensation in public higher education.
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U.S. Businesses Doing More M&A Deals but Making Same Mistakes
Research on M&A deals conducted by Robert Holthausen of the Wharton School is cited.
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To Revoke or Not: Colleges That Gave Cosby Honors Face a Tough Question
Every spring for decades, a similar scene played out at colleges across the United States: Students picked up their degrees — and Bill Cosby stood alongside them. Schools wanted Mr. Cosby, the popular, education-embracing comedian, to give their commencement address and he routinely showed up, often in a school sweatshirt, offering high fives, hugs and homespun advice. In exchange, universities and colleges gave him honorary degrees in categories like education, public service and law. Few people in American history have been recognized by universities as often as Mr.
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Why I Was Fired
In August 2014, I was fired from a tenured position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The firing made me a free-speech darling — or the world’s most violent person since Stalin, depending on your perspective. It also sparked a debate about academic freedom, faculty governance, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the role of social media in university life. That debate rages with no resolution in sight.
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Dartmouth Removes New Native American Head Amid Ethnicity Questions
Dartmouth College has removed the new director of its Native American Program after tribal officials and alumni accused her of misrepresenting herself as an American Indian. The Ivy League school hired Susan Taffe Reed last month to serve as a liaison between the college and Native Americans, saying her role as president of the Eastern Delaware Nations would be instrumental in helping guide Indian students. But her appointment quickly became mired in controversy as some Native Americans said Dartmouth didn’t sufficiently vet Ms.