Gutmann shares thoughts on Obama's free community college plan
Obama's plan to provide free community college education is in its earliest stages of development.
Obama's plan to provide free community college education is in its earliest stages of development.
In 2014, only one University-affiliated person was arrested for a crime involving any type of unspecified narcotic.
A report released released by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the University of Pennsylvania's Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy found that since 1970, the income gap between those that complete bachelor's degrees and those that do not has doubled. According to the report, titled "Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States: 45 Year Trend Report," in 1970, students from the top income quartile were "34 percentage points more likely to attain a bachelor's degree" than students from the lowest income quartile.
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In 2014, only one University-affiliated person was arrested for a crime involving any type of unspecified narcotic.
A report released released by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the University of Pennsylvania's Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy found that since 1970, the income gap between those that complete bachelor's degrees and those that do not has doubled. According to the report, titled "Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States: 45 Year Trend Report," in 1970, students from the top income quartile were "34 percentage points more likely to attain a bachelor's degree" than students from the lowest income quartile.
Paul Nungesser, the Columbia student accused of raping Emma Sulkowicz — who has gained national attention for carrying her mattress around campus in protest of Columbia not expelling Nungesser — has come forth with his version of events. In his recount, Nungesser explains that he and Sulkowicz had a platonic friendship, during the course of which they had two "sexual encounter[s]." One night after returning from summer break, he and Sulkowicz went back to her place.
Studies looking at the fields students choose to go into reveal that students that score higher on aptitude tests consistently go into the STEM field while those with lower scores go into the education and related fields. These findings have been consistent for the past seven decades. A study conducted in 1952 measuring the scores of college graduates on the Army General Classification Test found that the median score for the education field was 122 while the median score for the physical science was 130. Fast forward to 2014, a look at the verbal aptitude and math scores from the 2014 SAT Report on College & Career Readiness shows that students who reported their intended area of study to be agriculture had an average SAT score of 473 and those that wanted to go into education had an average score of 482 while those that intended to study math and statistics had an average score of 574. found the social of the the fields talented students choose to go into reveal that students that score higher on aptitude test data looks at group averages instead of individuals uses measures at 5 different points in time given analyses of two tests: In both samples, the pattern was nearly identical.
At the 2014 Penn Relays, now-junior Thomas Awad posted an astounding 3:58.34 mile time. That was after months of arduous training for the event. At the Armory Invitational on Saturday, he almost broke a four-minute mile again.
It was an action-packed weekend on the road for Penn squash, as the women swept Yale and Brown while the men split against the two schools. The No 2 women's squad beat No.
The play started with a turnover. Before the Palestra crowd knew it, freshman forward Mike Auger was streaking down the court, eventually finishing the breakaway with an emphatic one-handed jam.
The victory was no small task – in a press release the Intercollegiate Tennis Association called the match the “biggest upset of the year.”
A Penn Medicine study found that cancer rates are lower in places with higher elevation.
This Saturday, the Penn Museum will showcase a new exhibit of one of the greatest archaeological achievements in Penn's history.
According to the 2014 campaign finance report released on Monday, several Penn administrators have donated to Democratic candidates seeking election in the city primary this spring.
The White House Office of Science and Technology announced plans Monday to increase research funding that would bolster Penn’s research efforts, but Penn is already devoting vast resources to research and innovation.
Coming from a difficult background, Asemani believes that everyone should have the chance to experience the music that is part of his brand: Kayvon Music.
One PennApps team has created an app could work like Adblock for real life — and could potentially make them big bucks in the near future.
An app that combines all the essential Penn sites in one platform launches Wednesday.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net