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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how duplicates in voting data occur.
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Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on Donald Trump’s genuineness in supporting historically black colleges and universities.
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Philip Hanno and Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on an FDA advisory panel approving a libido-boosting pill for women.
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Student loan interest rates at 9 percent? Graduates leaving school with more than $100,000 of debt? An annual college bill of $64,380? These things happen, but they aren’t the norm — though you might not be able to tell from watching a new online video from Hillary Clinton. Borrowers facing these circumstances are featured in a video promoted on social media this week as Clinton rolled out a $350 billion higher education plan heavy on student loan debt relief.
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The Annenberg Public Policy Center is mentioned for organizing a bipartisan group that critiques the Presidential Debate Commission.
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Doctoral candidate Kecheng Fang of the Annenberg School for Communication is quoted about how Chinese media envision a political race between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.
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The Supreme Court will hear Abigail Fisher’s affirmative action lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin. The court relisted the case several times before granting Fisher’s petition for a writ of certiorari this morning. Justice Elena Kagan took no part in the decision, the court noted. Fisher’s closely watched case dates back to her 2008 rejection from the University of Texas System’s flagship institution, which she argued was because of its affirmative action policy.
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Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School offers his opinion on a possible shift in the Supreme Court’s political leanings.
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Referring to the phrase “everyday American,” Alvin Felzenberg of the Annenberg School for Communication asks a key question with any term, “Are you or are you not separating yourself from the group?”
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Cecile Sam of the Graduate School of Education says, “There’s still a huge divide between K-12 and higher ed.”