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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Cory Clark of the Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the success of the Adversarial Collaboration Project, which has brought together dozens of academics with conflicting ideological or theoretical views.
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In a co-authored Op-Ed, Dean Erika H. James of the Wharton School says that business scholars have a duty to teach the next generation about inclusivity, sustainability, and corporate responsibility.
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In an opinion piece, Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice contrasts Europe’s pronounced efforts to reduce gender inequality with recent studies which find alarming rates of gender-based violence in European universities.
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In an Op-Ed, Jerry Jacobs of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that operational data like desk rejection rates and peer review processing times would be more useful for correcting sloppy journal practices than an “author’s bill of rights.”
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The Wharton School’s Joseph Simmons is quoted on the possibility of wider fraud when some is discovered.
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In an analysis of inequality in medical education, Penn experts, including UPHS CEO Kevin Mahoney, said, “courage is needed to move forward. This courage, though, is most needed from leaders and colleagues in positions of privilege.”
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Alan Ruby of the Graduate School of Education commented on India’s plans to overhaul its higher education system. “The big story is the commitment to growing the total size of the sector by adding 35 million places, effectively doubling the current infrastructure,” he said.
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Kathy Peiss of the School of Arts and Sciences was interviewed about her latest book, “Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe.”
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Alan Ruby of the Graduate School of Education praised India’s decision to grant “autonomous status” to 62 universities, which allows the schools to establish new courses, curricula, salaries, and off-campus centers without government approval.
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Amy Gutmann is cited as one of the women who leads a major international institution of higher education.