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Two years ago, Drexel University began accepting applicants through the Common Application to boost its retention and graduation rates. The strategy has proven successful so far; this year, their retention rate has risen 2 percent and their yield rate increased from 8 to 13 percent.

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By Francis Leong · April 5, 2016

How many recycling bins do you see in Penn dorm rooms? Chances are, not many. Whether this is due to the fact that they take considerable effort to acquire, or whether it is because students do not know that such options exist for them, does not matter.




Two years ago, Drexel University began accepting applicants through the Common Application to boost its retention and graduation rates. The strategy has proven successful so far; this year, their retention rate has risen 2 percent and their yield rate increased from 8 to 13 percent.


A tenured Villanova University professor, Christopher Haas, was recently charged with 415 counts of sexual abuse of children and possession of child pornography. A warrant for his arrest was issued on March 25th after Villanova officials notified Radnor Township police that he had accessed child pornography on an campus computer.




April 5, 2016