Police Shootings in Philadelphia Plunge Philly.com Police Shootings in Philadelphia Plunge David Rudovsky of the Law School comments on the reduction in shootings in Philadelphia.
Reining In a Fraternity Is No Easy Task, One University’s Leaders Learn Chronicle of Higher Education Reining In a Fraternity Is No Easy Task, One University’s Leaders Learn It was a messy affair when the University of North Carolina at Wilmington closed its chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, in 2012. The group was kicked off campus for providing alcohol to minors, sponsoring a social affair after its activities were supposed to be suspended, and then lying to university officials about having done so. So far, the fraternity’s return to the campus isn’t going much better.
Audio: Home Sales – and Optimism – Rise On Point with Tom Ashbrook (WBUR-FM) Audio: Home Sales – and Optimism – Rise Susan Wachter of the Wharton School talks about the current status of homeownership in America.
U-Mich. President: It’s Time We Talk Openly About Sexual Misconduct The Washington Post U-Mich. President: It’s Time We Talk Openly About Sexual Misconduct This viewpoint from the University of Michigan’s president comes as the prestigious public flagship is releasing data from a survey of its students about sexual misconduct. Read about the survey here. The university in Ann Arbor has about 28,000 undergraduate and 15,000 graduate students. — Nick Anderson
Don’t Blame Subprime for the Foreclosure Crisis – It’s About Home Values, Period Forbes.com Don’t Blame Subprime for the Foreclosure Crisis – It’s About Home Values, Period Fernando Ferreira and Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School are featured for researching the impact of subprime mortgages on the financial crisis.
Penn Receives African American Chamber of Commerce 2015 Corporate Advocate Award University City Review Penn Receives African American Chamber of Commerce 2015 Corporate Advocate Award Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli accepted the 2015 Corporate Advocate of the Year Award on behalf of the University from the African American Chamber of Commerce.
‘Like Déjà Vu All Over Again’: The History of Baseball Metaphors in American Politics, From Abraham Lincoln to Harry Reid Grantland.com ‘Like Déjà Vu All Over Again’: The History of Baseball Metaphors in American Politics, From Abraham Lincoln to Harry Reid Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited for using baseball metaphors when discussing political rhetoric.
A Pipeline From Community College to the Ivy League Philadelphia Inquirer A Pipeline From Community College to the Ivy League Students from the Community College of Philadelphia are highlighted for their academic achievements and transferring to Penn. Dean Eric Furda of Admissions is quoted.
Leniency Likely? Inside Higher Ed Leniency Likely? In May, Pennsylvania State University banned its chapter of Kappa Delta Rho -- the fraternity that maintained a private Facebook page that featured photographs of nude and partially nude unconscious women -- from campus for three years. The decision, which was made after an investigation into the Facebook page also revealed incidents of sexual harassment and hazing within the chapter, overturned an earlier ruling by the university’s Interfraternity Council.
Attitudes Toward Racism and Inequality Are Shifting FiveThirtyEight.com Attitudes Toward Racism and Inequality Are Shifting Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about changing attitudes towards racism and inequality.