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  • NIH Budget Boosters Get a Push From the Right
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    NIH Budget Boosters Get a Push From the Right

    About 100 university scientists and their advocates gathered here on Tuesday as part of an annual ritual to convince lawmakers of the value of federal spending on medical research. And this year, with the sales job perhaps as tough as any, they got some extra inside help.

    Apr 15, 2015

    Clinton Criticizes For-Profits, Talks College Costs
    Inside Higher Ed

    Clinton Criticizes For-Profits, Talks College Costs

    Hillary Clinton, on her first trip to Iowa after declaring her presidential candidacy, criticized for-profit colleges and talked about college costs in a discussion at Kirkwood Community College.

    Apr 15, 2015

    Student Coalition at Stanford Confronts Allegations of Anti-Semitism
    The New York Times

    Student Coalition at Stanford Confronts Allegations of Anti-Semitism

    The debate over what constitutes anti-Semitism has spilled into Stanford University’s student government election, with a Jewish student claiming that she was asked how her Judaism affects her view of divestment from Israel, morphing what was a contest about campus issues into a fierce discussion on identity and loyalties.

    Apr 14, 2015

    A Digital Reboot of Humanities at U of Penn
    Newsworks (WHYY-FM)

    A Digital Reboot of Humanities at U of Penn

    Jeffrey Kallberg of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about Penn’s newly announced Price Lab for Digital Humanities.


    Apr 14, 2015

    Yale Medical School’s Request to Expand Campus Program Online is Denied
    The New York Times

    Yale Medical School’s Request to Expand Campus Program Online is Denied

    The Yale University School of Medicine and 2U, an education technology company, have been denied accreditors’ permission to offer a physician assistant master’s degree online as an expansion of an existing campus degree program. Yale’s announcement of the program in March was heralded as evidence that even the nation’s most prestigious universities were moving toward online degrees.

    Apr 14, 2015

    Has Conversion Therapy Finally Met Its Demise?
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    Has Conversion Therapy Finally Met Its Demise?

    Andrea Segal of the Perelman School of Medicine is the author of this article on the practice of “curing” homosexuality.

    Apr 14, 2015