Higher Education

Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule discusses the role and relevance of race in Penn’s “holistic” review process.

Penn is lauded for organizing a University-Assisted Community Schools Network and for offering roughly 80 academically-based community service courses through the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, with a quote from the Center’s founding director Ira Harkavy.

The Wharton School is lauded for its majority-female 2023 MBA class, with quotes from Blair Mannix and MBA candidate Andrea Bogarin.

Stephanie Creary and Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School discuss the ins and outs of Wharton’s new major in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

On a segment of “Radio Times,” Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education discusses how hate speech intersects with First Amendment rights on college campuses.

Tom Baker of Penn Carey Law says that Harvard’s fumbled insurance filing represents a serious error, noting that claims-made policies require that notice be provided early and often.

Fatemeh Shams of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the core of the Iranian revolutionary movement is the bodily autonomy of women.

Randall Mason of the Weitzman School of Design discusses his efforts in collaboration with Tuskegee University to restore the Armstrong School, a piece of Tuskegee’s legacy and an opportunity to train students in historical preservation.

In an op-ed, Penn Carey Law students Devontae Torriente and Ty Parks caution that the Supreme Court is poised to dismantle affirmative action at a time when students of color remain at a significant disadvantage.