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Video: Bridging the Gender Gap
Katlyn Grasso, a recent alum and 2015 President Engagement Prize winner, talks about improving gender equality in the workplace.
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Common Application Saturates the College Admissions Market, Critics Say
As the news rippled across the web last week that a Long Island student had won admission to all eight Ivy League universities, thousands of people reacted with messages of praise. But when Peter Kang, a high school senior in Chantilly, Va., saw a New York Times article last week about the student, Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, on his Facebook feed, he grumbled.
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A Higher-Ed Needler Finds Its Moment
It is a bizarre way to make friends. Over the past two decades, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni has tried to win over college governing-board members with the toughest of love. Many of you, the council implicitly suggests, are noodle-spined boosters, seduced by a few lousy box seats at football games.
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A Pedagogy That Spans Semesters
Benjamin Wiggins of the School of Arts & Sciences shares his experience using digital learning tools to help expand the scope of college seminars.
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Looking for Success After College? Choosing a City School Can Increase Your Odds.
The iconic image of the American college town as a bucolic New England village is rapidly undergoing a makeover as students are increasingly choosing campuses in cities that are turning their urban cores into centers for “eds and meds.” Today, in the 20 largest U.S. cities, a college, university or medical institution is among the top 10 private employers. At least half of those top employers in five cities — Washington, Philadelphia, San Diego, Memphis and San Jose — are educational and medical institutions.
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Joe Biden, Lady Gaga Tour Aims to Stop Sexual Assaults on Campus
In any other circumstances, Vice President Joe Biden and pop singer Lady Gaga would make an unlikely pair. During the “It’s On Us” tour to end sexual violence, it could be argued that the two complement each other perfectly. The two are touring the country, speaking at college campuses about sexual violence and the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign to discuss the causes of rape and assault. The campaign aims to address student apathy and cultural and gender norms on campus that are seen as contributing to the problem. Mr.
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Former Vanderbilt Football Player Found Guilty of Raping a Student Who Had Blacked Out
A former football player at Vanderbilt University was found guilty Friday night of raping an unconscious student in a dorm room, an attack that was photographed and videotaped by teammates, according to testimony. One of the players sent video of the assault to friends as it was happening.
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Wages of Chagrin
Research co-authored by Shing-Yi Wang of the Wharton School that highlights how regulations were suppressing pay in the UAE is featured.
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‘If America Wants to Kill Science, It’s On Its Way’
Like much of history, scientific memoir is the domain of victors, researchers at their denouement reflecting on their rise to eminence. These are not the voices from the trenches, of scientists working, as so many do daily, to take the next logical step, to make the next discovery. And with few exceptions — Jane Goodall, Rita Levi-Montalcini — these have not been the stories of women. So what does the real work of science in the academy look like, the 99.9 percent that does not make the history books?
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May the Best Idea Win
There’s no shortage of criticism of what’s been described as the student censorship movement, which has included banning (or at least student demands to ban) controversial speakers, discussions and art from colleges and universities. The latest critique, Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity: Confronting the Fear of Knowledge (Palgrave Macmillan) comes from Britain, which has seen its own set of parallel events on its campuses.