How Twitter Is Changing the National Common Core Debate The Washington Post How Twitter Is Changing the National Common Core Debate Jonathan Supovitz of the Graduate School of Education is mentioned for analyzing tweets about the Common Core State Standards.
Immigration Reform 2015: More Hispanics in US Schools, but They’re Struggling to Keep Up International Business Times Immigration Reform 2015: More Hispanics in US Schools, but They’re Struggling to Keep Up Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education says, “There are other teachers that are culturally insensitive and don’t see Latinos as learners.”
Professors Question Traditional Four-year Residential College Model Los Angeles Times Professors Question Traditional Four-year Residential College Model One of the greatest presumptions in U.S. higher education is that a traditional undergraduate degree, earned in four years while living on or near campus, is a good way to prepare young people to get a job and become well-rounded thinkers, at least according to Mitchell Stevens.
The Push for Net Neutrality Arose From Lack of Choice The New York Times The Push for Net Neutrality Arose From Lack of Choice Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School is quoted about the Federal Communications Commission and net neutrality.
The Gentrification Effect The New York Times The Gentrification Effect Excerpts from the School of Arts & Sciences’ Thomas Sugrue’s essay titled “Diversity, Toleration and Space in Metropolitan America” are included.
An Important Day for the Internet Philadelphia Daily News An Important Day for the Internet Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School discusses the Federal Communications Commission and new Internet rules.
Fed Up With Low Pay and Job Instability, Some Adjunct Professors Walk Out The Washington Post Fed Up With Low Pay and Job Instability, Some Adjunct Professors Walk Out It didn’t bring higher education to its knees. But an effort to raise awareness about the disparity in conditions for full- and part-time faculty, “National Adjunct Walkout Day,” did make its point Wednesday — more often by word of mouth than by people actually refusing to teach a class. Many colleges rely on part-time, temporary professors to lead classes.
Audio: How Do You Market to Millennials? Morning Edition (NPR) Audio: How Do You Market to Millennials? Americus Reed of the Wharton School talks about how to market towards the millennial generation.
New Screening Tests for Hard-to-spot Breast Cancers The Wall Street Journal New Screening Tests for Hard-to-spot Breast Cancers Emily Conant of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about testing for breast cancer and the legislation in some states that requires doctors to inform women when they have dense tissue.
Dangers and Allure of Molly Inside Higher Ed Dangers and Allure of Molly Wesleyan University is urging students to come forward with information about who is selling the party drug known as Molly on campus after nearly a dozen students were hospitalized this weekend after using the drug