4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The line between two- and four-year colleges is blurring
Robert M. Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education says that higher education needs to do something to make the product better, more relevant, and less costly to students.
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AI will shake up higher ed. Are colleges ready?
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that GenAI tools like ChatGPT-4 could make learning more equitable by providing services such as personalized tutoring.
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Arizona State and OpenAI are now partners. What does that mean?
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that Arizona State University’s partnership with OpenAI is an interesting first step but requires combining with curricula to get to true transformation.
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The best scholarly books of 2023
Jed Esty of the School of Arts & Sciences is lauded for his 2022 book, “The Future of Decline,” which compares the current decline of U.S. power to the dissolution of the British empire.
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When social scientists ask the wrong questions
In a co-authored Op-Ed, Nina Strohminger of the Wharton School urges social scientists to set agendas based on evidence about how their research fits into larger social and political dynamics, lest corporations do it for them.
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Florida lawmakers want oversight of invited speakers on public-college campuses
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says that Florida’s government is trying to impose perspectives on higher-education institutions and undermine their autonomy, which should be a concern to anyone who cares about quality education.
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Academic freedom shouldn’t be a privilege of wealth
In a co-written Op-Ed, Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says that reliance on public funding renders public colleges increasingly vulnerable to legislative overreach and thus to restrictions on academic freedom.
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Essay on misuse of statistics in social sciences was naive and ill-informed
In a letter to the editor, Richard Berk of the School of Arts & Sciences criticizes a recent essay critiquing the use of statistical procedures in social sciences.
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ChatGPT is everywhere
Ryan Baker of the Graduate School of Education is incorporating the judicious use of ChatGPT into his courses.
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Which universities spent the most money on research last year?
Penn is ranked fourth among institutions that spent the largest amounts on research in the 2021 fiscal year.