Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing discusses the nursing industry and access to care in health-care facilities.
Penn Daily News Service | May 25, 2012
Penn in the News
Philadelphia Inquirer — May 25, 2012
Raquel Gur of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on people who suffer from schizophrenia.
National Public Radio — May 25, 2012
Keith Weigelt of the Wharton School shares his thoughts about Banking Grades, a Web site that ranks banks based on the “ratio of business loans of $1 million or less to total domestic deposits.”
Philadelphia Inquirer — May 25, 2012
Jonathan Supovitz of the Graduate School of Education comments on research about class sizes.
Reuters — May 24, 2012
Greg Kaplan of the School of Arts and Sciences is cited for a study about Americans moving between states.
CNN — May 24, 2012
David Wessels of the Wharton School contributes his thoughts about Facebook’s IPO.
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Noteworthy News in Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed — May 25, 2012
In the wake of the shocking child molestation scandal at Pennsylvania State University, that institution is leading the way in ensuring policies are in place to protect children on campus and prevent similar incidents in the future. And it’s not the only one.
Inside Higher Ed — May 25, 2012
In the past few weeks the twin quasars of the New York Times opinion page -- Thomas Friedman and David Brooks -- have waxed poetic about the coming revolution in higher education as presaged by recent announcements of eliteuniversities moving online: MIT and Harvard with edX; Stanford, Princeton, Penn and Michigan with Coursera. According to Friedman, “In five years, this will be a huge industry.”
Inside Higher Ed — May 25, 2012
As campus debates have played out over whether and to what extent student health centers should provide access to emergency contraception such as Plan B, opponents of the idea often point out that students can easily obtain it elsewhere -- that all they have to do is walk down the street to the local pharmacy.
Chronicle of Higher Education — May 24, 2012
Charles B. Reed, chancellor of the California State University system since 1998, announced on Thursday that he will retire. Mr. Reed, who is 70, expects to continue to lead the 23-campus system until a successor is named, the university said. He and his wife, Cathy, plan to return to Florida, where he led the State University System for more than a decade.
