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  • Colleges Grapple With Cheating in the Digital Age
    Los Angeles Times

    Colleges Grapple With Cheating in the Digital Age

    Stanford University's honor code dates to 1921, written by students to help guide them through the minefield of plagiarism, forbidden collaboration, copying and other chicaneries that have tempted undergraduates since they first arrived on college campuses. Exams aren't proctored, and students are expected to police themselves and speak up when they see others committing violations.

    Apr 16, 2015

    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

    One Economics Book We All Should Read
    The Wall Street Journal

    One Economics Book We All Should Read

    Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School recommends John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash: 1929 to gain insight into today’s economy.


    Apr 15, 2015

    Experts Disagree Whether Earning a College Degree Is Worth the Expense
    Los Angeles Times

    Experts Disagree Whether Earning a College Degree Is Worth the Expense

    Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School explores the value of a college degree in his upcoming book, Will College Pay Off? A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You’ll Ever Make.


    Apr 15, 2015

    Bad Apples or the Barrel?
    Inside Higher Ed

    Bad Apples or the Barrel?

    The scene that greeted employees of the Treetop Resort in late January looked like a tornado had passed through. Doors hung off their hinges, holes pocked the walls, debris and pieces of ceiling covered the hallway. But this wasn’t the work of a freak winter storm. Members of a University of Michigan fraternity who stayed in the hotel that week had caused the estimated $430,000 in damage.

    Apr 15, 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