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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The U.S. Department of Education this week asked colleges and universities not to move up their deadlines for applying for financial aid. In theory, colleges could do so this year because of the adoption by the government of "prior prior year," a policy in which students may apply for financial aid based on family income from a year earlier than has been possible in the past. A letter sent to colleges by Ted Mitchell, the under secretary of education, asked colleges to publicize this change, and to use the change to provide students with earlier information on their aid eligibility.
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A shakeup in the security department of ACT Inc. is being reported after revelations about cheating overseas in a program run by the giant testing nonprofit organization. Reuters, which has published a series of stories about cheating on high-stakes tests that students around the world take to get into college, has a new story that says ACT Inc. “is laying off its head of test security and plans to audit nearly 200 education centers” after revelations were published about cheating in the Global Assessment Certificate program, which is recognized by scores of U.S.
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Susan Wachter of the Wharton School comments on homeownership and saving methods.
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Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School shares his predictions about the stock market.
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As college-bound students prepare for a new school year, they should be aware of a new date that’s important for future financial aid: Oct. 1. That’s the new, earlier date after which students can file the Fafsa, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The infamous form is used to calculate how much students and their families must contribute to the cost of college, and how much help they will get in the form of grants, scholarships and loans. Students seeking financial aid must file the form, used by most states and colleges as the gateway to financial aid, each year.
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Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about an Illinois community college that decided against the idea of limiting a class to only black students.
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The University of New Mexico will reopen its investigation into a professor who was sanctioned previously for sexual harassment -- after it initially agreed to welcome him back to campus following a suspension. “Following recent media reports about a university investigation into claims of sexual harassment in [the] anthropology department, new information has surfaced that we feel must be considered,” President Robert Frank said in an emailed statement. “In light of these additional reports, we will thoroughly review the full case again along with any new material that we obtain.
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Salimah Meghani of the School of Nursing is quoted about researching racial disparities in pain treatment.
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Post-doctoral student Eric VanEpps of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School says, “In the case of food, we care about what’s happening right now – like how tasty it is – but discount the long-term costs of an unhealthy meal.”
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Even if Yale University doesn’t rename its Calhoun College, it may have set itself up to head off further protests over racist names. After months of debates over the college and its long-deceased honoree, John C. Calhoun, Yale isn’t saying yes or no to changing the controversial name. Instead, the president, Peter Salovey, formed the Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming, to set guidelines for when the university should change the names of its buildings and how it should be done.