4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Tackling research projects can help students get into top colleges and universities
Between a third and half of admitted Penn students have showcased their research projects in their applications.
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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education spoke about accommodating the needs of adult students. “There is a complexity to adult learners,” she said. “It is really recognizing, ‘What are the circumstances of individual people’s lives?’ If someone is to enroll in college, how do you make it possible for them to attend?”
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Black teachers ground down by racial battle fatigue after a year like no other
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the pandemic’s impact on the teaching workforce and suggested that the economy’s recovery could increase teacher turnover and retirements.
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Learning while you earn in college
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education was quoted about the implausibility of working less than 15 hours per week while enrolled in college. “Most college students are now not only employed but also working a substantial number of hours, a fact not widely understood or discussed by faculty members and policy makers,” said Perna.
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Non-white teachers have increased 162 percent over the past 30 years, but they are also more likely to quit
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts and Sciences was cited for his research on increases in minority teachers during the last 30 years. “It’s all the more remarkable because minority teachers have higher quit rates,” said Ingersoll.
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How the Georgia governor’s race could influence college access there
Studies from both the Graduate School of Education and the Institute for Research on Higher Education were cited in a report on college access in Georgia. “Georgia’s incoming governor will have an immense amount of control over the higher education system in the state, and therefore its workforce and economic future,” said GSE’s Joni Finney, who co-authored the latter report.
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Why Talking — and Listening — to Your Child Could Be Key to Brain Development
A study by a team of scientists from Penn, MIT, and Harvard that found that the actual quantity of words a child hears over time may not be as important as the “amount of back-and-forth conversation between children and adults” when it comes to brain and language development is highlighted.
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They Still Value a Degree, but Americans Increasingly Question the Cost
Three-quarters of Americans think it’s easier to succeed in life with a college degree than without one, but only 43 percent say private, nonprofit universities and colleges are worth the cost, according to a new poll.
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The New North-South Divide: Public Higher Education
The headlines have been pounding out a drumbeat of angst and activism over such reminders of contentious division as Confederate flags at the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and statues of southern soldiers from the same era at the universities of Texas, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
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Report: Last Affordable Options for College Students Are Fast Disappearing
Joni Finney of the Graduate School for Education comments on college affordability.