Penn in the News

Marybeth Gasman and Ph.D. candidate William Boland of the Graduate School of Education contribute their views on postsecondary education, financial assistance and historically black colleges and universities.

Michael Useem of the Wharton School comments on CEO candidates being job creators.

A 2013 Center for the Advanced Study of India visiting fellow, Avijit Ghosh, recounts his time researching at the Penn Libraries’ South Asia Collection. Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts & Sciences and Pushkar Sohoni of the Libraries are mentioned.

What started as a small demonstration denouncing the mistreatment of black Americans at the hands of police officers snowballed into a national news story last month, prompting hundreds of protestors to descend on Valdosta State University for a rally that shut down the campus. The demonstrators were on campus to show their support for the American flag, which was repeatedly stepped on during the earlier protests.

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.

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).

The latest book, Bad Faith, by Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine is reviewed.

A collaborative research paper from the Wharton School reveals what type of food is available on grocery shelves across the country.

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.

Swarthmore College will not drop fossil fuel stocks from its $1.9 billion endowment, the school’s board of managers announced on Saturday. The board engaged in “extensive preparation, analysis, and robust discussion and debate” leading up to the decision, Gil Kemp, its chairman, said in a statement. Mr.