What the Supreme Court Will Be Asking as It Revisits Affirmative Action Chronicle of Higher Education What the Supreme Court Will Be Asking as It Revisits Affirmative Action When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in a legal battle over race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, look for the justices to focus less on the broad debate over such policies than on nuts-and-bolts questions defining when they stray beyond established law.
Albuquerque, Revising Approach Toward the Homeless, Offers Them Jobs The New York Times Albuquerque, Revising Approach Toward the Homeless, Offers Them Jobs Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice comments on Albuquerque’s approach to the homeless population.
Video: In Social Movements, ‘Slactivists' Matter Phys.org Video: In Social Movements, ‘Slactivists' Matter Sandra González-Bailón of the Annenberg School for Communication is interviewed about the role people who support causes using social media play in activism.
Survey: 32 Private University Presidents Earn More Than $1 Million in 2013 The Washington Post Survey: 32 Private University Presidents Earn More Than $1 Million in 2013 "The presidents of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania both earned more than $3 million in 2013…."
University of Maryland President Recommends Changing Name of Byrd Stadium, Citing Legacy of Segregation The Washington Post University of Maryland President Recommends Changing Name of Byrd Stadium, Citing Legacy of Segregation The president of the University of Maryland is recommending that Byrd Stadium be renamed, saying the segregationist legacy of the long-honored alumnus and former college leader does not align with the university’s mission. Wallace Loh announced to the U-Md.
The Linguistics of 'YouTube Voice' The Atlantic The Linguistics of 'YouTube Voice' Mark Liberman of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on the voice inflections used when speaking one-on-one with a camera.
Audio: Productivity and Distraction in the Workplace Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (WHYY-FM) Audio: Productivity and Distraction in the Workplace Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School talks about productivity and distraction in the workplace.
Study Drugs: Are Modafinil, Noopept and Nootropics Essential in Helping Students on the Road to Exam Success? The Independent Study Drugs: Are Modafinil, Noopept and Nootropics Essential in Helping Students on the Road to Exam Success? Martha J. Farah of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on her studies on academic “smart drugs.”
Studies Show MSIs Best Value in Higher Education Diverse Education Studies Show MSIs Best Value in Higher Education Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted on the research being done to calculate the return on investment of minority higher education institutions.
College Courses That Don’t Challenge Students Can Hurt Them. They Need to Go. The Washington Post College Courses That Don’t Challenge Students Can Hurt Them. They Need to Go. I confess I took a course in college — celestial navigation — that required no homework and included a boat trip around the local harbor as a final exam. We called such courses “guts.” The college classmate I have been living with for several decades says, “We treasured them when we found them.”