Penn GSE News
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April 27, 2016

Diagnosis: College costs pushed beyond families’ ability to pay

New study co-authored by Joni Finney, Director of Penn GSE's Institute for Research on Higher Education, ranks all 50 states by college affordability for students and families.


Higher Education
Penn GSE News
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April 26, 2016

Report from Penn AHEAD illuminates college degree wealth gap

Family income has a significant impact on entrance to college, student loan debt and degree completion, according to a report issued by the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at Penn GSE and the Pell Institute. 

Higher Education
Richard M. Ingersoll, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 25, 2016
, Hechinger Report

Cries about national teacher shortages might be overblown

According to Richard Ingersoll, shortages are more about the failure to retain veteran teachers.  

Laura W. Perna, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 25, 2016
, The Atlantic

The Growing College-Degree Wealth Gap

Resource constraints and structural failures often limit the choices of students from lower-income families to the local or online, non-selective or for-profit postsecondary educational institutions, says Laura Perna. 

Richard M. Ingersoll, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 21, 2016
, Minnesota Public Radio

How should schools handle violence

In this radio program, Richard Ingersoll comments on teachers and school violence. 

Laura W. Perna, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 19, 2016
, Market Watch

The richest 25% of American families account for more than half of all college graduates

In 2014, just 10% of dependent family members who said they received a bachelor’s degree by the time they were 24 years old came from families in the lowest income quartile, according to a study by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D.C. and PennAHEAD.

Press Releases
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April 19, 2016

Over 40-plus Years, Poorest Students Receive Just 10 Percent of Bachelor’s Degrees

Report: Family income major indicator in college entrance, selection, graduation
Higher Education
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Fostering Critical Thinking in the Classroom

When Andrew Biros, C’10, GED’12, undertook his student-teaching assignment in Penn GSE’s Teacher Education Program, he found that too many of his pupils at University City High School in Philadelphia did not expect to be active participants in the classroom.

Teaching & Learning
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Fighting for Change in Public Education

To Helen Gym, C’93, GED’96, if the quality of American public education is at stake, so are the values at the heart of our democracy.

Teaching & Learning
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Empowering Urban College Students

In 2009, Paul Quinn College was in danger of losing its accreditation. When Michael Sorrell, GRD’15, became president, he enacted a series of audacious initiatives that effected change, empowerment, and enrollment.

Higher Education
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Reaching Children Around the World

Shruti Bhat, GED’15, has made it her mission to bring education, health, and social services to children in poverty around the globe.

Global Initiatives
Alumni
Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 14, 2016
, Slate

Getting In Episode 8: Adding Historically Black Colleges to Your List

In this podcast, Marybeth Gasman discusses why minority-serving institutions may be the best fit for some college-bound students.

Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Creating Opportunity Through Education: Penn GSE Alumni Lead the Way

Learn how Penn GSE alumni are addressing insufficient funding, unidentified learning needs, poverty, and gaps in educational quality and availability.

Teaching & Learning
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Imagining What’s Possible: The Life of an Education Entrepreneurship Student

Chris Parris’s dream of putting more Boston public school students on a path to college brought him to Penn GSE’s M.S.Ed. in Education Entrepreneurship program.

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Facing the Moment: Professor Howard Stevenson on Managing Racial Conflict Through Racial Literacy

Learn how a Penn GSE professor trains students and educators in racial literacy—the skills to identify and resolve racially stressful social interactions.

Teaching & Learning
In the Media
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April 13, 2016
, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Education Deans Support Use of Teacher Prep Data

Frances O'Connell Rust, Director of Teacher Education at Penn GSE, comments on what it takes to prepare a good teacher. 

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