A New Learning Curve for Colleges National Journal A New Learning Curve for Colleges Graduate School of Education’s Marybeth Gasman’s new book, Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority-Serving Institutions, co-authored with Clifton Conrad is featured
For Survivors, the Response Is Personal Philadelphia Inquirer For Survivors, the Response Is Personal David Yusko of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how survivors of the Amtrak train derailment will cope with the tragedy.
Ex-budget Chief: West Chester U. Hid Millions From State Philadelphia Inquirer Ex-budget Chief: West Chester U. Hid Millions From State West Chester University's former chief budgeting officer contends that the school falsely reported deficits or near break-even budgets for three years to get more state funding, then "squirreled away" millions of dollars in unreported funds to use if it succeeded in withdrawing from the State System of Higher Education.
How 7 People Would Spend 24 Hours in Philly Huffington Post How 7 People Would Spend 24 Hours in Philly Chas Dorman of Athletics shares how he would spend a day in Philadelphia.
A Historically Black University Embraces an International Future Chronicle of Higher Education A Historically Black University Embraces an International Future Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on historically black colleges and universities becoming more diverse.
U.S. College Enrollment Has Dropped Nearly 2% Over Past Year The Wall Street Journal U.S. College Enrollment Has Dropped Nearly 2% Over Past Year The number of students at U.S. colleges and universities fell nearly 2% between May 2014 and this month, continuing a four-year slide, according to a report to be released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. As of this month, 18.6 million students were enrolled, down about 1 million students from the peak in 2011. Enrollment spiked during the recession when more adults went back to school to retrain.
Lessons, Reflections and Realizations After My Freshman Year at the University of Pennsylvania Huffington Post Lessons, Reflections and Realizations After My Freshman Year at the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate student David Ongchoco of the School of Arts & Sciences blogs about his first year of college.
UC System, K-12 Among Biggest Winners in Brown’s New Budget Proposal Los Angeles Times UC System, K-12 Among Biggest Winners in Brown’s New Budget Proposal The big winners in Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to sharply increase education funding are California undergraduates at UC, who will have their tuition frozen for two more years, and the millions of elementary, secondary and community college students who are likely to see more teachers and counselors hired on their campuses.
A Wave of Hispanic Students Reshapes a Historically Black College Chronicle of Higher Education A Wave of Hispanic Students Reshapes a Historically Black College Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education says, “Administrators realize there’s no way HBCUs are going to continue unless they engage Latino and Asian students in particular.”
Every College Student Should Try This Huffington Post Every College Student Should Try This Undergraduate student Theodore Caputi of the Wharton School reflects on his volunteer experience through the Penn Leadership Training Institute and an Academically Based Community Service Course, “Community-Based Environmental Health.”