5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Brand Recall
Last week’s report that King’s College London has dropped its plan to become known as King’s London has rekindled the debate on institutional rebrands. Here are some of the dos and don’ts of name changes in Britain -- and whether it is really worth it.
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Can Arizona Students Pass a Citizenship Test – and Should They Have To?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about civics and education. A civic ignorance study from the APPC is also cited.
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U-Va. President, In a Year of Challenges, Speaks About the Path Forward
University of Virginia President Teresa A.
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Fracking Researchers Under Pressure
It started on a Texas farm called Hard Scrabble. It was there that Robert B. Jackson, now a professor of environmental earth system science at Stanford University, encountered the gas boom to come. His father-in-law, the environmental writer John Graves, had made Hard Scrabble famous in his books. So Mr. Jackson was surprised, nearly a decade ago, when news came that Mr.
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Sorority Leaders Stand By Decision to Keep U-Va. Women Away From Frat Parties
National sorority leaders are standing by their decision to keep University of Virginia sorority members away from fraternity parties Saturday night for the
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A New Faculty Challenge: Fending Off Abuse on Yik Yak
The three Eastern Michigan University professors had no idea that they were under attack by the Honors College students seated before them. The three women knew that many of the nearly 230 freshmen in the auditorium resented having to show up at 9 a.m. every Friday for a mandatory interdisciplinary-studies class.
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Politics of the 529 Plan
President Obama’s backpedaling this week on a provision in his tax plan that would have gutted benefits for college-savings plans highlights the challenges facing advocates for low-income students who want to overhaul higher educ
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Think Snoring Is Normal? Why Sleep Apnea Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Michael Grandner of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses sleeping habits such as snoring.
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Almost a Quarter of Reported Sexual Assaults at Colleges Don’t Get Hearings
Colleges don’t have a reputation for handling sexual assault cases well.
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The Credit Hour Is Here to Stay, at Least for Now
The Carnegie Unit has been around for more than a century, and unless someone can come up with a better way of tracking college credit, it won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. It presents challenges, but it has value because it sets minimum instructional standards.