11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Your Embarrassing Online Searches About Health Problems Aren’t Private
Doctoral student Timothy Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for analyzing online searches about health problems.
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Audio & Video: Most Health Information Web Pages Are Tracked, Penn Study Finds
Doctoral student Tim Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication says, “Tracking is much more endemic than I even anticipated.”
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As High-tech Teaching Catches On, Students With Disabilities Can Be Left Behind
Educational innovations like the flipped classroom, clickers, and online discussions can present difficulties for students with disabilities.
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How Twitter Is Changing the National Common Core Debate
Jonathan Supovitz of the Graduate School of Education is mentioned for analyzing tweets about the Common Core State Standards.
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Immigration Reform 2015: More Hispanics in US Schools, but They’re Struggling to Keep Up
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education says, “There are other teachers that are culturally insensitive and don’t see Latinos as learners.”
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Professors Question Traditional Four-year Residential College Model
One of the greatest presumptions in U.S. higher education is that a traditional undergraduate degree, earned in four years while living on or near campus, is a good way to prepare young people to get a job and become well-rounded thinkers, at least according to Mitchell Stevens.
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The Push for Net Neutrality Arose From Lack of Choice
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School is quoted about the Federal Communications Commission and net neutrality.
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The Gentrification Effect
Excerpts from the School of Arts & Sciences’ Thomas Sugrue’s essay titled “Diversity, Toleration and Space in Metropolitan America” are included.
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An Important Day for the Internet
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School discusses the Federal Communications Commission and new Internet rules.
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Fed Up With Low Pay and Job Instability, Some Adjunct Professors Walk Out
It didn’t bring higher education to its knees. But an effort to raise awareness about the disparity in conditions for full- and part-time faculty, “National Adjunct Walkout Day,” did make its point Wednesday — more often by word of mouth than by people actually refusing to teach a class. Many colleges rely on part-time, temporary professors to lead classes.