Business savvy can be a flaw, academics say
The upcoming departure of Harvard University's president could serve as a warning for university leaders who come from backgrounds outside the ivory tower of academia. Increasingly, college and university presidents are coming from the business world, rather than from the ranks of the faculty, and many of them govern accordingly.
Prof stresses city's strange speech
Stepping it up
Business savvy can be a flaw, academics say
The upcoming departure of Harvard University's president could serve as a warning for university leaders who come from backgrounds outside the ivory tower of academia. Increasingly, college and university presidents are coming from the business world, rather than from the ranks of the faculty, and many of them govern accordingly.
Prof stresses city's strange speech
Grocery store to open on Walnut
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Student team aims at Fling safety
Papers' sale raising worries for the future
In Focus
Themed halls tough to keep alive
SAT-style scoring in use in some courses
The Daily Pennsylvanian The recent scoring mishap on the SAT has revealed one potential flaw in fill-in-the-bubble multiple-choice testing method, used at universities across the country, including Penn. The College Board -- which administers the SAT Reasoning Test and Subject Tests -- admitted this month that about 4,000 tests from October were scored incorrectly.
Students' escape marked by confusion
Former tennis great: Sweat the small stuff
Penn switches to Common App
Sales rise at organic-food stand
780 take UA shuttle in spite of $3 charge
A $3 fee didn't deter 780 students from taking a student-organized shuttle to the Philadelphia International Airport before last week's vacation. The Undergraduate Assembly organized the bus service, which ran to the airport on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before spring break.
Getting the patient's perspective
