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  • In a Paradox, Study Finds That Long, Jargon-laden Abstracts Make for More Citations
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    In a Paradox, Study Finds That Long, Jargon-laden Abstracts Make for More Citations

    Academics are often encouraged to write clearly and concisely, but that imperative may actually limit a paper’s impact on scholarship. A new study out of the University of Chicago has found that papers with longer, jargon-laden abstracts are more likely to be cited in other academic works than are brief, clear abstracts, which researchers are typically taught to write.

    Jun 1, 2015

    Penn Link to Napoleon III Returns From France
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    Penn Link to Napoleon III Returns From France

    Dean Denis Kinane of the School of Dental Medicine and Lynn Marsden-Atlass of Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery are quoted about an antique carriage owned by 19th-century dentist Thomas Evans that he used to help Napoleon III's wife flee riots in Paris.

    May 31, 2015

    Your Fitness Tracker’s Stats – Explained
    Shape.com

    Your Fitness Tracker’s Stats – Explained

    A study about the effectiveness of wearable fitness trackers on changing the user’s behavior from the Perelman School of Medicine is cited.


    May 31, 2015

    Early Adapters
    Inside Higher Ed

    Early Adapters

    Professors have good reason to be wary of adaptive learning software, which automates parts of the teaching process. Adaptive courses could mean a different role for faculty members, some fear, or no role at all. However, some of these new “personalized” learning tools are designed to be faculty friendly, and to put the technology in the hands of professors.

    May 29, 2015

    A Global Education Opens Doors, but Leaves Many Shut Out
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    A Global Education Opens Doors, but Leaves Many Shut Out

    Employers say that international experience matters in hiring decisions. Chief executives fret that today’s graduates lack the skills to succeed in a global economy. Even the U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, in recorded remarks to the annual conference here this week of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, called global education a must-have. "In the 21st century," Mr.

    May 29, 2015

    Universities Yelp as Elsevier Pulls Back on Free Access
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    Universities Yelp as Elsevier Pulls Back on Free Access

    A blossoming experiment in allowing a form of open-access scientific publishing appears to have hit a roadblock, after the world’s largest journal publisher found that too many universities were moving to take advantage of it.

    May 29, 2015

    Judge Upholds ‘Gainful’ Rule
    Inside Higher Ed

    Judge Upholds ‘Gainful’ Rule

    A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s rewritten “gainful employment” rule, handing a victory to the Obama administration in its longstanding regulatory battle with for-profit colleges. U.S.

    May 28, 2015

    College Graduates Born Abroad Now Earn More Than U.S.- Born Workers
    Bloomberg Business

    College Graduates Born Abroad Now Earn More Than U.S.- Born Workers

    Ask any U.S. recruiter: Competition for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) talent is getting fierce. Benefiting big from that trend are foreign-born college graduates, who are seeing fast wage gains as they help American employers fill those hot jobs. Among full-time wage and salary workers in the U.S.

    May 28, 2015