11/15
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Named Next President of N.Y.U., Oxford’s Leader Inherits Challenges From John Sexton
New York University, which has become known for its global aspirations as much as its enviable home in Greenwich Village, named the head of one of the world’s most prestigious universities as its 16th president on Wednesday. When the new president, Andrew Hamilton, leaves his post at Oxford University to join N.Y.U. in January, he will be walking into a set of complex challenges. He will be leading a university with aggressive expansion plans, both internationally and in New York, where those plans are tied up in a court battle.
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After Racist E-mail, U-Md. President Says: We Fight Speech
The president of the University of Maryland reached out Tuesday to the campus community – horrified by an offensive e-mail written by a student – and said he would meet with student leaders after spring break to ta
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Penn Wharton China Center Opens in Beijing
President Amy Gutmann is quoted about the opening of the Penn Wharton China Center.
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California Hopes to Ease Path to Historically Black Colleges
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education praises a California community college system’s program to help support students to transfer to historically black colleges and universities.
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Penn Names Steve Donahue Head Basketball Coach
Steve Donahue has been named the new head coach for men’s basketball.
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Questions on Money, Influence and Competence
Students at Brown University are raising questions about an investigation and hearings involving a reported drugging and sexual assault on campus last fall. Neither of the accused students -- one man accused of the drugging, and a different man accused of assault -- was found guilty. Supporters of the two women involved called the investigation “haphazard” and said the university’s hearing process was deeply flawed.
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Rutgers to Offer Course at the Jersey Shore This Summer
If you need to take college courses in the summer, what better place to do it than the New Jersey shore? Rutgers University for the first time will offer 17 Jersey Shore-based courses, beginning this summmer, the university announced Monday. The decision followed a university poll of more than 4,500 students; 1,200 or nearly 27 percent said they’d be interested in earning credit for seaside learning.
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For Rubio and Others, Turning Ideas Into Law Is a Daunting Task
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center talks about the difficulties minority lawmakers face when trying to turn their ideas into law.
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Despite Progress, Only 1 in 4 College Presidents Are Women
When Cornell University’s new president takes office, in July, half of the Ivy League’s colleges will be led by women. Brown University’s female leader is its second in a row. Over the past several years, a range of other institutions, including public flagships, liberal-arts colleges, historically black institutions, and community colleges have hired their first female presidents.
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Little Support in D.C. for Comcast-Time Warner Deal
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School comments on a Comcast-Time Warner merger.