Video: Rates & Home Affordability CNBC Video: Rates & Home Affordability Susan Wachter of the Wharton School talks about the current housing market.
PSU Alumni Trustees Seek Court Action – Again Philadelphia Inquirer PSU Alumni Trustees Seek Court Action – Again For the second time in two weeks, alumni trustees on Pennsylvania State University’s Board of Trustees are seeking court action against the board on which they sit. This time, they are asking the court to require board leadership to release records reviewed by trustee selection groups in recommending new candidates to the board.
Ignorance or Bigotry? Inside Higher Ed Ignorance or Bigotry? Duke University announced Friday that the student who left a noose on a tree in April, unsettling the campus, had done so out of "ignorance and bad judgment." While the student has received a sanction from the university, Duke will allow the student to return next semester. The university also published an apology from the student (whose name has not been revealed).
Review: Paul Offit’s ‘Bad Faith’ Explores Casualties of Doctrine The New York Times Review: Paul Offit’s ‘Bad Faith’ Explores Casualties of Doctrine The latest book, Bad Faith, by Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine is reviewed.
Why Solving the ‘Food Desert’ Problem Won’t Make People Automatically Eat Healthier State of Opportunity Why Solving the ‘Food Desert’ Problem Won’t Make People Automatically Eat Healthier A collaborative research paper from the Wharton School reveals what type of food is available on grocery shelves across the country.
Smith College Expands Definition of Women to Include Transgender Students (+video) Christian Science Monitor Smith College Expands Definition of Women to Include Transgender Students (+video) One of the nation’s most prestigious women’s colleges is about to expand its definition of women. Smith College is the largest of “the Seven Sisters,” a consortium of prestigious, all-female, liberal arts colleges on the East Coast of the United States. Since its inception, Smith has touted itself as an institution that provides leadership opportunities for women.
Philadelphia-area Universities Line Up Diverse Group of Commencement Speakers CBS Philadelphia Philadelphia-area Universities Line Up Diverse Group of Commencement Speakers The 2015 commencement speaker, U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, is mentioned.
Video: Your Health Info May Be Bought and Sold Online WPVI-TV (Philadelphia) Video: Your Health Info May Be Bought and Sold Online Timothy Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for studying health data privacy.
Accepted to All Eight Ivies, Virginia Student Makes Her Decision: Harvard The Washington Post Accepted to All Eight Ivies, Virginia Student Makes Her Decision: Harvard In the end, Pooja Chandrashekar had to narrow down her choices. The wunderkind senior at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology got into 14 schools — including all eight Ivies — and was deciding between Stanford and Harvard. And on Friday she made her decision: Chandrashekar is bound for Cambridge, Mass. “After much deliberation, I’ve finally committed to Harvard,” Chandrashekar said.
Bardolatry as Idolatry Inside Higher Ed Bardolatry as Idolatry On William Shakespeare’s birthday this year, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) issued a report, “The Unkindest Cut: Shakespeare in Exile in 2015,” which warned that “less than 8 percent of the nation’s top universities require English majors to take even a single course that focuses on Shakespeare.” Warnings about the decline of a traditional literary canon are familiar from conservative academic organizations such as