Higher Education

Penn prof pens guidebook for college students

Dustin Brisson of the School of Arts & Sciences consolidated notes from his years of teaching and advising to create a guidebook for undergraduates aimed at helping them achieve success and well-being.

Katherine Unger Baillie

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.

Louisa Shepard

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.

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The New York Times

Colleges are putting their futures at risk

Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education argues that universities don’t build social justice messages to account for multiple perspectives.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Is the SAT making a comeback? More colleges are returning to test score requirements, but effectiveness remains questioned

A 2021 study by Penn found that standardized test scores are positively correlated with family income at two times the rate of high school GPA.

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Higher Ed Dive

How North Idaho College’s accreditation fell under threat

Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education says that it’s uncommon for poor university governance to reach the point where it threatens accreditation, though dysfunction can seriously limit an institution’s ability to thrive.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

A plan to overhaul Pa.’s higher education landscape is a long time coming, but questions remain

Joni E. Finney of the Graduate School of Education says that Gov. Josh Shapiro’s efforts to tackle higher education reform in Pennsylvania are an accomplishment but fail to address the problem with Penn State’s Commonwealth campuses.

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Nature

How to depolarize your students

Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says that faculty members and academic leaders can promote depolarization by encouraging constructive dialogue in and out of class, cultivating viewpoint diversity within boundaries and expanding civic spaces.

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Baltimore Sun

What did I get from affirmative action? Three Ivy League degrees and another underway

In an Op-Ed, Wharton School doctoral student and Penn Carey Law student Olamide Dozier-Williams says that his academic journey reflects the value and educational equity once provided by affirmative action.

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