5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Our diplomacy must embody America's power
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education spoke about efforts to make community college tuition-free. "There's power in the message that tuition is free. Figuring out how much college costs is complicated," she said.
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Should Penn allow professors to teach all-remote this semester?
Suvir Kaul of the School of Arts & Sciences and Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education debate returning to the classroom or remaining online for the fall semester.
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‘I have faith in what I cannot imagine, because I couldn’t have imagined what happened July 11’: Philadelphia Cubans on the hope, stress of island protests
Amalia Daché of the Graduate School of Education criticizes people who have blamed the U.S. embargo and not the Cuban government for the crisis in Cuba.
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Free speech carries costs for elections, protests, and vaccines
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about the limits of free speech. “Vietnam was our first war where you had constitutional protections to and criticize the war. In every single prior war Americans were fined, jailed and punished for criticizing America’s involvement in the war,” he said.
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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education spoke about accommodating the needs of adult students. “There is a complexity to adult learners,” she said. “It is really recognizing, ‘What are the circumstances of individual people’s lives?’ If someone is to enroll in college, how do you make it possible for them to attend?”
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Afro-Cubans come out in droves to protest government
Amalia Dache of the Graduate School of Education spoke about the history of racial disparities and injustices in Cuba. “When we're thinking about global solidarity with Black people, especially right now, we need all hands on deck,” she said.
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Fear of a Black Cuban planet
Amalia Dache of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about Cuba’s recent uprisings and its long history of Black resistance. In the 1960s, the Communist government said it would eradicate racism. “It’s counterrevolutionary to talk about Black history in Cuba, to engage Black history,” she said.
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How to raise kids who won’t be racist
Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education offered tips for how parents can address racist or insensitive comments made by children. “Get a sense of what they understand it to mean from their perspective,” he said. “Where did they hear it from? How is it being used in the social context they’re in? Then you have a better angle to how you can speak to it.”
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What won’t the infrastructure plan do? Repair our crumbling schools
Nell Williams, a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Education, wrote an op-ed in support of the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan, which allocates funds to repair school buildings. “As the infrastructure plan undergoes further negotiation in the House and Senate, I urge policymakers note the gaping hole that was left when most U.S. schools went virtual last year,” she said.
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People are quitting their jobs in record numbers—here’s why it might not make you any happier
Annie McKee of the Graduate School of Education recommended people consider their motivations and needs before quitting a job. “So, it’s really not a question of, ‘Can you be happy when you quit your job?’ You definitely can,” she said. “Rather it’s more of a question of: What are you leaving? What do you no longer want in your work life? And more importantly, what do you want?”