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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn Doctor Going Back for Second Tour Fighting Ebola in Africa
Trish Henwood of the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for continuing work in an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia.
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Harvard Law Title IX Violations: Will Other Colleges Take Notice?
Harvard Law School violated Title IX in how it handled sexual violence and harassment complaints, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has ruled after a four-year investigation.
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Confessions of a Fixer
Fifteen miles from his home, tucked in a corner of a 10-by-10 storage unit, under an antique table, is a gray filing cabinet. Locked inside he keeps the test answers for more than a dozen online courses. Among his files is a pink steno pad of names, covering the front and back of 80 pages, that includes some of the biggest stars in college sports.
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Colleges Often Give Discounts to the rich. But here’s one that gave up on ‘merit aid.’
The open secret of higher education is that private colleges competing for students often slash prices for families wealthy enough to pay full tuition. Some dangle “merit aid” to lure academic stars. Others use discounts to ensure that they enroll enough affluent students to meet their revenue targets.
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An Inside Look at Financial Aid Offers a Private Franklin & Marshall College
Here are nine examples of how Franklin & Marshall College sized up the finances of students admitted to the class of 2018. F&M’s full charge for tuition, fees, room and board is $60,799. There are also expenses for books, supplies and transportation. The private college in Lancaster, Pa., pledges to meet full financial need. Students awarded aid are expected to take out some loans.
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Audio: Brainy or Brawny? For Ants, It Comes Down to More Than DNA
Daniel Simola, Roberto Bonasio and Shelley Berger of the Perelman School of Medicine are highlighted for research in ant epigenetics.
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FAQ: Best Colleges Rankings vs. Obama’s College Rating Framework
The U.S. Department of Education has released a framework that describes how the administration will execute its new college rating system, first proposed in August 2013.
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Make the MOOC Work for You
Robert Ghrist of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for teaching a MOOC on calculus.
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Trump is staking out his own universe of ‘alternative facts’
Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts & Sciences offered some theories about President Trump’s continued appeal to his supporters. Research has shown that political conservatism is correlated to an intolerance for uncertainty, which supports “the general notion that conservative voters would enjoy Trump’s simple and ‘certain’ declarations about the world,” she said.
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‘This disaster is not over’: Post-flooding perils endanger Vermont as more rain could inundate already deluged cities
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on a “perfect storm” that is leading to deadly flooding in some places while scorching other with record-breaking heat.