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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Its Future in Doubt, South Carolina State Ponders Its Disastrous Recent Past
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the financial troubles of South Carolina State University.
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In Rape Cases, Students’ Texts and Emails Face the Court of Public Opinion
Because of the nature of the crime, campus rape cases can be complicated for colleges to adjudicate. In the absence of witnesses or physical evidence, determining whether an accused student is responsible is often a matter of weighing one party’s word against another’s.
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At Private Colleges, Presidents May Not Be the Top Earners
Presidents are not always the highest-paid person on their campus. Many of them are outearned by medical faculty members, coaches, vice presidents for finance, and chief investment officers. Among the more than 200 employees at private colleges who earned more than $1-million in 2012, 81 were medical faculty members, 39 were coaches, and 35 were chief investment officers. Thirty-six were presidents.
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For Admissions Officials, Texas Controversy Highlights Dangers of Clout
Admissions offices don’t operate in the clouds, above the muck of competing motivations, beyond the reach of powerful hands. Although the deans and directors who select applicants wield great influence, each has something pretty much everyone else has: a boss.
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Should Colleges Report Suicidal Students to Their Parents? A Bill in Virginia Would Require It
Shortly after arriving at the University of Virginia, in the fall of 2013, Taylor Gestwick made an appointment at the counseling center. He had suffered from depression since ninth grade and had never previously sought help. He didn’t tell his parents about his therapy sessions, partly because he didn’t want them to view him differently. "My one condition for being there was my parents’ not being involved," said Mr.
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A College Coach Goes to the Mat for a Son Accused of Sexual Assault
College wrestling coaches typically do not send young men the message that they’re at risk of becoming helpless victims. But C.D. Mock, the head wrestling coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has mounted a very public campaign to do just that.
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Meet the New, Self-Appointed MOOC Accreditors: Google and Instagram
A big question for MOOCs, the free online courses that hundreds of colleges now offer, is whether employers will take them seriously as credentials. But some of the biggest MOOC producers may have figured out how to jump-start employer buy-in: Get big-name companies to help design them.
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Does the College Major Really Matter?
Every year, high-school students and their families spend an inordinate amount of time on the college search, but comparatively little on the search for a college major.
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Professors Know About High-Tech Teaching Methods, but Few Use Them
Innovation is sweeping the world of higher education, but not all faculty members are embracing it in their classrooms.
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At Several Campuses, Student Party Monitors Watch Over the Revelry
Maximilian Kinne’s eyes scanned the room of the fraternity house. He wasn’t looking for a friend, a pretty girl, or the nearest bar. He was looking for trouble. Because on that night, he wasn’t partying, he was working. Mr. Kinne was monitoring a party at his own fraternity at Dartmouth College. A lot of rowdy freshmen were entering the house. They weren’t aggressive, but they were stumbling around a bit. Mr.