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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Mounting student debt is not a new topic in the United States, but the government footing the bill is — and for former students of the now obsolete Corinthian Colleges Inc., a total of $171 million in student debt will be written off by the government. Corinthian, once one of the largest for-profit college chains, liquidated in bankruptcy in May 2015 one week after suddenly closing its doors. The schools shut down after claims that they were inflating statistics about graduates’ career success. Although Corinthian denied the allegations, its fate was sealed.
Penn In the News
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has released a report titled ”Certificate and Associate Degree Pathways” in which the Center breaks down the various kinds of degrees that students received in the 2009-2010 academic year. The report finds that of all the associate degrees award that academic year, 536,351 were earned by students with no previous degrees or certificates. Within the next six academic years, over 64% of these students enrolled at a four-year institution, and 41% of such students successfully earned a bachelor’s degree.
Penn In the News
The White House and the US Department of Education are asking that colleges and universities across the country consider no longer asking applicants about their criminal history as part of the admissions process.