Penn in the News

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on the impact a financial crisis has on historically black colleges and universities, such as Wilberforce University.

The Sweet Briar College administration responded to a faculty lawsuit Monday by saying professors who had sued to stop the college from closing were looking for personal financial gain.

There’s a class of budget reductions that are harmful -- even painful because of staff and program cuts -- and yet still manageable. Then there are financial cuts so dramatic -- and perhaps unrealistic -- that it’s hard to picture what the remaining institution would look like when the dust settled. That second version is hanging over Louisiana’s 28 public colleges and universities right now.

Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School is quoted about connecting with your boss on social media networks such as Facebook.

Most high-school seniors planning to enroll in college this fall already have made up their minds about where they are going. But for many others, this is the final week to make a choice: May 1 is Decision Day, when deposits are due to secure a spot in the next freshman class. Picking a college is an emotional decision, and even after months or even years of courting each other, students and colleges many times make a bad match.

In California, some of us spend a good deal of time feeling nostalgia for days past (specifically, 1960) when the California Master Plan for Higher Education was codified, approved, and financed. In the world of higher education, this visionary plan was the greatest organizational idea for public higher education in the 20th century.

The Wharton School’s Stewart Friedman is interviewed about integrating work, family, community and self.

Selecting performers for a college music festival can be a thankless job. Musical tastes vary, and students crave a big name. Last spring, Princeton University’s student government, which organizes the college’s Lawnparties festivals, was seen on campus as having come up short on star power. So this year, it hired the rapper Big Sean, whose most recent album topped the Billboard charts.

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on the status of the current stock market in comparison to the past.

Jonathan Wang has not practiced law since he graduated from Columbia Law School in 2010, but he did not plan it that way. When he entered law school, the economy was flourishing, and he had every reason to think that with a prestigious degree he was headed for a secure well-paying career. He convinced his parents, who work in Silicon Valley, that he had a plan.