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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn In the News
Jerry Jacobs of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for researching biology-related departments at Michigan State University.
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The University of California’s Board of Regents plans to discuss on Thursday the limits of free speech, and chances are that its members will be getting an earful. Based on early reviews, the regents can expect to hear the university system’s proposed "statement of principles against intolerance" panned by student leaders who say they were excluded from its drafting, by First Amendment advocates who see it as threatening the exchange of ideas, and by a long list of Jewish organizations that had urged the system to take up the issue in the first place.
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We made two significant changes to this year’s version of the College Access Index — a measure of economic diversity at top colleges that The Upshot created last year. First, we expanded the group of colleges in the index, by lowering the graduation rate needed to be included. Last year, we examined only colleges with a four-year graduation rate of at least 75 percent.
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Chef Jose Andres will open a new vegetable-focused restaurant on campus.
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Matt Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center talks about political debates.
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Penn In the News
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on the financial issues plaguing Cheney University.
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Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about teacher retention.