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WCU Joining Battle Against Sexual Assaults

 When several sexual assaults were reported at West Chester University during the last school year, students started paying attention. But no one knew quite how to react. It was as though students shrugged and said, " 'We're just going to let it go, we're just going to let it happen, and next weekend we're going to let it happen again,' " said junior Ma'Shiya Queen. The incidents occurred as national scrutiny of sexual assaults on college campuses was intensifying. Students elsewhere were taking action, and even the White House was getting involved.

A ‘Brain Power’ Pill May Not Be Too Far From Reality

 Martha Farah of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “Brain sci-fi can help us see how specific changes in brain function might play out.”

Gaps in Earning Stand Out in Release of College Data

Video: Movement Aims to Make Work More Family Friendly, Less ‘Hostile’

 Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School talks about the millennial generation driving the charge for more flexibility from employers in terms of work/life balance.

Report: Underfunded Tribal Colleges Also Undervalued

 Marybeth Gasman and Ginger Stull of the Graduate School of Education share their comments on a report on underfunded tribal colleges.

How to Measure a College’s Value

With Website to Research Colleges, Obama Abandons Ranking System

What the Privileged Poor Can Teach Us

For Students With a Mission, a Little Capital Goes a Long Way

 Student Derrius Quarles of the Graduate School of Education is highlighted as a co-founder of an online college financial aid platform called Million-Dollar Scholar.

Audio: New Jersey Inventor Unveils ‘Affordable’ Hydrogen-solar Home

 John Vohs of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about alternative energy.