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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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There's Already a Law for That
Paul H. Robinson of the Law School is the writes about outdated penal codes.
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New President of Sweet Briar Says He’ll Work Toward Highest Enrollment Ever
New leaders took over Sweet Briar College Thursday evening, ending a four-month battle to stop the private women’s college from closing.
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Fewer Californians Got Into UC, While Offers to Foreign Students Rose
With the number of UC applicants at a new high, California residents faced tougher odds of gaining acceptance into next fall's freshman classes.
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Local Reaction Mixed to an Embassy in Cuba
Roman de la Campa of the School of Arts & Sciences provides his thoughts on the plan to open a U.S. embassy in Cuba.
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Unhappy in Ireland
Nearly three-quarters of academics in the Republic of Ireland say that working conditions have deteriorated in the wake of mass job cuts and rising student numbers, a study has found. Higher education funding shrank by 29 percent between 2007 and 2014, but student numbers have risen by 16 percent over the same period, according to the report, Creating a Supportive Working Environment for Academics in Higher Education. Since 2007, staffing levels have been reduced by 17 percent, or 3,500 posts.
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Dramatic Cuts To College Tuition in Washington State: Will Others Follow?
Washington State lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement this week to pull skyrocketing tuition rates back to earth.
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Colleges Face Calls for Better Support of Students With Learning Disabilities
When Katherine J. Walsh was choosing a college, she wasn’t as focused on which college did best in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings or tied to living in a particular part of the country. One thing she did care about was finding an institution prepared to support the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder she’d struggled with for most of her life. She’s not alone. The number of students with learning disabilities has jumped in the past decade, said Lindsay E. Jones, director of public policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
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Think Like a Doctor: Limping Along Solved!
Doctoral candidate Jonathan Madara of the School of Veterinary Medicine is cited.
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Insurance for Olympics Won’t Cover Every Risk
Tom Baker of the Law School says, “In the insurance world, eliminating all risk is the equivalent of cold fusion or the perpetual motion machine.”
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Canceling Clery?
Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, suggested last week that she was in favor of “removing” the Clery Act, the law that requires colleges to provide and publicize information about campus crimes. In a statement late Wednesday night, though, she softened her language, saying through a spokeswoman that she had been referring only to the campus security law's reporting requirements.