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Cities and the urban university
Chronicle of Higher Education

Cities and the urban university

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.

Chronic truancy on the rise in Philadelphia schools
Axios

Chronic truancy on the rise in Philadelphia schools

Michael Gottfried of the Graduate School of Education says that Philadelphia’s rise in unexcused absences is a sign of student disengagement triggered by a return from remote learning to an in-person classroom.

The future leaders of the business world
Eight high school students smile for the camera on Penn’s campus.

Students in the Global Youth Program converge on campus during Summer 2022. (Image: Wharton Stories)

The future leaders of the business world

Wharton Global Youth Program is the first business school to engage pre-college students worldwide with online, on-campus, and on-site programs.

From Wharton Stories

Philly teens are sharing their climate change stories
WHYY (Philadelphia)

Philly teens are sharing their climate change stories

As part of Penn’s Climate Week, students from eight Philadelphia high schools gathered on campus to discuss their own experiences with the impacts of climate change.

Community schools offer more than just teaching
The New York Times

Community schools offer more than just teaching

The Netter Center University-Assisted Community Schools Network, founded in 2015, is noted as a valuable partnership between community schools and about 70 universities.