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Penn expands financial aid for middle income families
Penn’s College Hall

Penn’s new Quaker Commitment, which increases financial aid packages, affect all aid-eligible undergraduate students, not just entering first-year students.

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Penn expands financial aid for middle income families

The initiative expands Penn’s long-standing commitment to need-based financial aid, guaranteeing no-loan financial aid packages to eligible students and families since 2008.
PBS News Hour Classroom wins Civics Award to develop community college resources
College students in a classroom.

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PBS News Hour Classroom wins Civics Award to develop community college resources

The award from the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics will provide PBS News Hour Classroom with over $58,000 to create and publish 32 multimedia resources for adult learners.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

How AI could help bring down the cost of college
The Wall Street Journal

How AI could help bring down the cost of college

Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School explains how AI could bring down prices for more complex and expensive services like higher education.

Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment
Dean Katharine Strunk looking ahead in front of the GSE building.

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.

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Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.
FAFSA: Short-term pain on enrollments, but hope of long-term gain
Times Higher Education

FAFSA: Short-term pain on enrollments, but hope of long-term gain

Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education says that last year’s FAFSA delays caused confusion and challenges that have had effects on this year’s enrollment intake.

Introducing the Penn AI Council
Locust Walk on Penn’s campus in the fall.

The council will coordinate cross-school research opportunities, support new AI and data science scientists, and usher in the Penn Advanced Research Computing Center.

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Introducing the Penn AI Council

The Council consists of five faculty members collaborating to enhance visibility and impact of AI research across Penn.