Scalia Made Headlines. But the Real Story Is How Colleges Have Failed to Truly Integrate. The Washington Post Scalia Made Headlines. But the Real Story Is How Colleges Have Failed to Truly Integrate. In December, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made some unenlightened comments during oral arguments in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, involving the university’s affirmative action program. Justice Scalia’s assertion that African American students would benefit from attending “a slower-track school where they do well,” is simply wrong and unsupported by evidence. Since affirmative action began, we have made significant progress toward diversifying campuses across the U.S.
Bidding War Boosts Pep Boys Stock Philly.com Bidding War Boosts Pep Boys Stock Emilie Feldman of the Wharton School is quoted about mergers and divestitures.
Season’s Greetings Mean Corporate Stress The Wall Street Journal Season’s Greetings Mean Corporate Stress Deborah Small of the Wharton School talks about how consumers view brands as “friends and expect companies to share their values.”
Should the U.S. Become a Nation of Apprentices? Chronicle of Higher Education Should the U.S. Become a Nation of Apprentices? Eslie Murraine tried college. But he couldn’t figure out what he wanted to do with his life, so he dropped out after a couple years and went to work for United Parcel Service. It took seven years — and an electrical fire at his home — for Mr. Murraine to find his true calling. "I was fascinated" by the fire, he recalled, and "I started looking into what caused it."
Title IX Covers Bias Based on Sexual Orientation, Judge Rules Chronicle of Higher Education Title IX Covers Bias Based on Sexual Orientation, Judge Rules A federal judge in California has ruled that the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX covers discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, finding that such bias falls under the law’s ban on sex- and gender-based discrimination. The Los Angeles Times reports that the ruling, by Judge Dean D. Pregerson of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, allows a lawsuit against Pepperdine University that was filed by two members of its women’s basketball team to proceed. The plaintiffs allege that they were harassed because of their sexual orientation.
New Fafsa Rules to Eliminate Frustrating Financial Aid Problem The New York Times New Fafsa Rules to Eliminate Frustrating Financial Aid Problem After holiday celebrations are over, students who plan on attending college next fall should begin preparing for a looming financial chore: completing the document that is crucial for financial aid. Known as Fafsa, which is short for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form is used to calculate how much students and their families are expected to contribute to the cost of attending college, and what sort of financial aid they will receive.
A Brief History of (Modern) Time The Atlantic A Brief History of (Modern) Time A book, The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950, authored by Vanessa Ogle of the School of Arts & Sciences is reviewed.
My Sorry Social Security Return The Wall Street Journal My Sorry Social Security Return Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School shares his commentary on the Social Security system.
Someday, the School Name On Your College Diploma Won’t Be the Most Important Thing The Washington Post Someday, the School Name On Your College Diploma Won’t Be the Most Important Thing More employers want to hire someone with a bachelor’s degree these days even for jobs that previously didn’t require them, but at the same time recruiters increasingly place less trust in a diploma. Those are the findings from two different studies in recent years. One was an analysis by Burning Glass, a company that evaluates job ads. It discovered, for example, that 65 percent of new job postings for executive secretaries and executive assistants asked for a bachelor’s degree.
AP Builds New Multi-format Team For Education News Coverage Associated Press AP Builds New Multi-format Team For Education News Coverage A new national beat team has been established at The Associated Press to elevate coverage of issues in education, the news cooperative announced Monday. The team will aim to generate more coverage off the news and explore trends affecting students of all ages, using text, video, photos and interactive multi-format storytelling about how trends in education are affecting children and families across America and around the world.