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Higher Education
Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer
Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer
The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.
Higher education’s role in democracy
Higher education’s role in democracy
Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.
Affirmative action in higher ed
Affirmative action in higher ed
Cara McClellan of the Law School’s Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic explains what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case over Harvard’s affirmative action policy.
What is the impact of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan?
What is the impact of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan?
A Graduate School of Education expert and faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model’s take a look at the budgetary costs and distributional impact of the U.S. President’s initiative.
Career services helps students find ‘the right fit’
Career services helps students find ‘the right fit’
In a Q&A, Barbara Hewitt of Career Services explains why it’s helpful to understand industry trends, cultivate a wide skill set, and trust that the right opportunity will emerge.
Wharton launches Ivy League’s first certification program in the metaverse
Wharton launches Ivy League’s first certification program in the metaverse
Kevin Werbach, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School, outlines three takeaways about the Executive Education’s new certificate program on the emerging technology.
Penn submits amicus brief to SCOTUS in affirmative action cases
Penn submits amicus brief to SCOTUS in affirmative action cases
The brief, which is signed by Penn and 14 other universities, was filed in support of Harvard and the University of North Carolina in Supreme Court affirmative action cases.
Title IX and disability, 50 years later
Title IX and disability, 50 years later
On the anniversary of the landmark bill, Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine Harris shares five things to know about how Title IX and disability intersect.
Indicators report shows escalating disparities for students of color and poor students
Indicators report shows escalating disparities for students of color and poor students
Report from The Pell Institute and PennAHEAD highlights stark differences in debt burden and benefits of higher education among ethnic groups that has significantly widened in recent years.
‘Groundbreaking future for groundbreaking educators’
‘Groundbreaking future for groundbreaking educators’
A groundbreaking ceremony kicked off a $35.6 million Graduate School of Education expansion project that includes the renovation of two 1965 buildings. The new spaces are expected to open in August 2023.
In the News
The New York Times
Have the anticapitalists reached Harvard Business School?
Witold Henisz of the Wharton School says that Wharton’s shift towards progressive courses like Kevin Werbach’s “Responsibility in Business” is a matter of economics, not ideology.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
Starting salaries for Wharton MBA grads are higher than ever as school’s tech pipeline grows
Penn’s MBA Careers Report shows that 99% of the Wharton School’s MBA graduates have full-time job offers, with a median starting salary of $175,000, the highest ever.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Affirmative action is about diversity. But campuses won’t allow diverse opinions about it
In an Op-Ed, Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education urges universities to encourage open and honest dialogues about affirmative action.
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Hindustan Times (Delhi)
Wharton Executive Education launches the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Program
The Wharton School’s new Chief Technology Officer Program is designed to prepare tech professionals for the structural and strategic challenges of technological architecture.
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Times Higher Education
Europe is ahead of the U.S. on gender equity. So why is abuse in HE rife?
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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Poets & Quants
At Wharton, building a new Coalition for Equity & Opportunity
A profile examines the career of Kenneth Shropshire and his vision for the Wharton School’s new Coalition for Equity & Opportunity.
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