11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How To Raise a University’s Profile: Pricing and Packaging
One day in 2013, I sat down in a Starbucks in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington with Hugh Moren, then a junior at the nearby George Washington University.
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Outreach to Botswana Brings Art to Philadelphia
Harvey Friedman of the Perelman School of Medicine and wife Cindy Friedman are highlighted for traveling with the Botswana-Penn Partnership and buying art to bring back to Philadelphia.
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Madam C.E.O., Get Me a Coffee
Adam Grant of the Wharton School co-authors an article about women doing “office housework.”
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Waiting for the FCC
College and university chief information officers are unsure of what to make of the Federal Communications Commission’s hard line on blocking personal wireless hot spots and whether it applies to higher education. Nearly a year after the issue emerged, the agency still has yet to clarify.
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How Did These College Presidents Pay Their Tuition?
President Amy Gutmann discusses how she paid for tuition as an undergraduate student and the future of college affordability.
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The MOOC Hype Fades, in 3 Charts
Few people would now be willing to argue that massive open online courses are the future of higher education. The percentage of institutions offering a MOOC seems to be leveling off, at around 14 percent, while suspicions persist that MOOCs will not generate money or reduce costs for universities—and are not, in fact, sustainable.
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Where Do English Ph.D.’s Get Jobs? It Depends on Where They Studied.
It’s common knowledge, and common sense: Earn your doctorate from a top-tier program, and you’re more likely to snag a top-tier academic job. But a new paper, published by economist David Colander in the journal Pedagogy, provides a clearer sense of just how much a program’s ranking influences where its newly-minted Ph.D.’s end up.
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The View Is Always the Same on a Hedonic Treadmill
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of the Wharton School are cited for their study, “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness.”
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Audio: Penn Studies How Trendy Baby Names and Social Movements Take Root
Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses his research on social trends.
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Audio: FCC Chairman: A Declaration of Independence for the Internet
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says, “As a society, we have to figure out how we regulate this media – what’s the social contract and the role of the FCC in their regulatory oversight?”