As class schedules were released last week and registration opened, many students will spend the next few months strategizing about how to fulfill the College of Arts and Science’s diverse Sector and Foundational requirements. WORD ON THE WALK | Core Curriculums INTERACTIVE: Penn’s Core Curriculum

A weekly roundup of news from around the Ivy League and the higher-education community.

A weekly roundup of news from around the Ivy League and the higher-education community

The Ivy League saw mixed results in this year’s application cycle. INTERACTIVE: Ivy League Application Stats INTERACTIVE: Penn Admission Rates Over Time VIDEO: Your Admissions Memories LAST YEAR: Penn admissions drops to 12.3 percent

A weekly roundup of news from around the Ivy League and the higher-education community.

Experts say Kim — a physician and co-founder of the nonprofit Partners in Health — would bring a major change to the banking institution, which has historically been led by economists and government officials.

The appointment of Christina Paxson will maintain the current balance of male-to-female Ivy League presidents.

Several recent resignation announcements by female presidents at top-tier institutions have prompted discussion about the representation of women at the highest levels of university leadership.

A weekly roundup of higher education news around the Ivy League and peer schools

Penn’s alcohol policy review committee has looked at peer schools’ policies in its revisions.

A weekly roundup of higher education news around the Ivy League and peer schools.

On Friday night, the Quakers hosted the Crimson in what was one of the biggest Ivy hoops games in recent memory. Trouble was, if you weren’t there, you likely didn’t see it, and that’s a shame.

Following Penn’s 1.7-percent drop in overall applications for the Class of 2016, Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Columbia universities have announced decreases of 1.9, 1.7, 7 and 8.9 percent, respectively. INTERACTIVE: Ivy League Admission Rates

Admissions officers in the Ivy League watched as many universities, including Penn, saw some slowing in their previously nosediving early admission rates, as both Harvard and Princeton universities reinstated early action programs for the first time since 2006.

Harvard basketball team is ranked in the national basketball for the first time in program history and Crimson DT Josue Ortiz won the award for Ivy Defensive Player of the Year.

Penn received 4,510 early-decision applications this fall, a 1.3-percent decrease from last year’s total of 4,571 applications. INTERACTIVE: Early applications to Penn 2006-2012

From Nov. 4 to Nov. 6, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology held an annual Ivy Summit, where graduate student government leaders from all eight Ivy League schools and MIT gather at one school to share ideas about how to enhance the welfare of graduate students.