Foreign Students Aren’t Edging Out Locals, Numbers Show Chronicle of Higher Education Foreign Students Aren’t Edging Out Locals, Numbers Show International enrollments in American colleges may have soared in recent years, but despite public concern, there’s little to indicate that students from Beijing and Shanghai are displacing those from Buffalo or Santa Fe. A Chronicle analysis of enrollment data reported to the U.S.
Audio: Why an Actor From Brooklyn Can’t Talk Like a Philadelphian Newsworks (WHYY-FM) Audio: Why an Actor From Brooklyn Can’t Talk Like a Philadelphian Meredith Tamminga of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her work in understanding variations in language, specifically the way Philadelphians speak.
Audio: Asylum for the Severely Mentally Ill WHYY-Radio (Philadelphia) Audio: Asylum for the Severely Mentally Ill Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses why some Penn bioethicists are calling for a return to asylums for the mentally ill.
Majoring in Menagerie at Delaware Valley College Philadelphia Inquirer Majoring in Menagerie at Delaware Valley College Last summer, Posh was just another stray cat, living out his days at Quakertown's "Last Chance Ranch." Now, the chunky feline with deep green eyes has a home in a Delaware Valley College dorm. Posh playfully crawled last week across an organic chemistry notebook left open on the dorm-room desk.
App Gives Students an Incentive to Keep Their Phones Locked in Class Chronicle of Higher Education App Gives Students an Incentive to Keep Their Phones Locked in Class Resisting the urge to pull out your phone in class is quite difficult for many students, apparently. There are texts to answer, emails to read, snapchats to send, and rude comments to post on Yik Yak.
Should Colleges Be Forced to Swiftly Report Rapes to the Police? Chronicle of Higher Education Should Colleges Be Forced to Swiftly Report Rapes to the Police? Two former football players are convicted of raping an unconscious student at Vanderbilt University while their friends record the assaults on their cellphones. A star swimmer at Stanford University is charged with raping another intoxicated, passed-out woman and is banned from the campus.
CIO Hall of Famer Tom Murphy’s First 100 Days as the University of Pennsylvania’s CIO Forbes.com CIO Hall of Famer Tom Murphy’s First 100 Days as the University of Pennsylvania’s CIO Vice President Tom Murphy of Information Technology is featured for his first 100 days at Penn.
Jefferson Scientist’s Study of SAD Took Him to Space and Back Philly.com Jefferson Scientist’s Study of SAD Took Him to Space and Back Michael Thase of the Perelman School of Medicine shares his concerns about evening light therapy and seasonal affective disorder.
David Thornburgh on Raising Civic Expectations, Tax Reform and ‘Strategic Impatience’ Newsworks (WHYY-FM) David Thornburgh on Raising Civic Expectations, Tax Reform and ‘Strategic Impatience’ David Thornburgh of the Fels Institute of Government in the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed.
In Net Neutrality Push, F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating Internet Service as a Utility The New York Times In Net Neutrality Push, F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating Internet Service as a Utility Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on President Obama’s statement on net neutrality and the F.C.C.