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  • Drexel Pulls Back
    Inside Higher Ed

    Drexel Pulls Back

    Drexel University has begun to scale back a series of expansion efforts, a sign that the university’s ambitious plans may not have played out as hoped. The university mostly recently decided to shut down a campus in Sacramento, 3,000 miles from its main campus in Philadelphia. After just a year, Drexel also scaled back a partnership with Philadelphia-area community colleges.


    Mar 27, 2015

    Oklahoma Inquiry Traces Racist Song to National Gathering of Fraternity
    The New York Times

    Oklahoma Inquiry Traces Racist Song to National Gathering of Fraternity

    A racist song that caused a national uproar when it was caught on video was a fixture within a fraternity chapter at the University of Oklahoma and not an anomaly, the university reported Friday, and members first learned it at a gathering of the national fraternity four years ago.

    Mar 27, 2015

    Why Colleges Don’t Do More to Rein in Frats
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    Why Colleges Don’t Do More to Rein in Frats

    It’s getting hard to keep up with the number of shocking incidents attributed to fraternities. As headlines pile up — racist and sexist speech, sexual impropriety, destruction of property, hazing, illegal drugs, and even the death of a student — there is a growing sense that Greek organizations are out of control.

    Mar 27, 2015

    UNC Students Demand New Name for Building Honoring a KKK Leader
    The Washington Post

    UNC Students Demand New Name for Building Honoring a KKK Leader

    For years, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been asking school leaders to change the name of Saunders Hall, named after a former trustee who was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Last month, some stood outside the building with nooses around their necks and signs such as “THIS is what SAUNDERS would do to ME.”


    Mar 26, 2015

    Who Gets to be a .Doctor?
    Inside Higher Ed

    Who Gets to be a .Doctor?

    Should a doctor of philosophy be considered a .doctor? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, has yet to make web addresses ending in .doctor available, but the debate about who should be able to register for them has already begun. ICANN recently decided that .doctor should only be available to licensed medical practitioners, meaning the millions of Ph.D. holders in the U.S.

    Mar 26, 2015

    We Need to Unlock the Brain’s Secrets – Ethically
    Scientific American

    We Need to Unlock the Brain’s Secrets – Ethically

    President Amy Gutmann, Presidential Bioethics Commission chair, writes about three key areas of ethical concern in neuroscience research and application.


    Mar 26, 2015

    Stanford Probes ‘Troubling’ Increase in Cheating Allegations
    Bloomberg

    Stanford Probes ‘Troubling’ Increase in Cheating Allegations

    Stanford University is probing a “troubling” increase in academic dishonesty among students, made easier by their use of technology, Provost John Etchemendy said in a letter to faculty. As many as 20 percent of students in a large introductory course may have cheated, Etchemendy said, adding that the school’s Office of Community Standards received an “unusually high number” of such reports at the end of the winter term.

    Mar 26, 2015

    Five Penn Students Win $150,000 Each for Community Service Projects
    CBS Philadelphia

    Five Penn Students Win $150,000 Each for Community Service Projects

    Five seniors, Jodi FeinbergMatthew LisleShadrack FrimpongAdrian Lievano, and Katlyn Grasso, are highlighted as the inaugural winners of the President’s Engagement Priz

    Mar 26, 2015