Penn GSE News Archive
The Redemption of Mohammed Khalid
Ameena Ghaffar Kucher interviewed Pakistani American students in New York and observed that they transformed “the negative experience of being ostracized into a positive experience of solidarity and group membership with other Muslims, both in their immediate community and globally.”
"We need to fundamentally rethink and abandon student loans as a way to fund higher education as a public good.”
Jalil Mustaffa Bishop says cancelling student debt should be a priority for the Biden administration.
Virtual Virus Helps Students Cope with COVID-19
Yasmin Kafai and professors across several departments at Utah State University have partnered to create an imaginary virus, allowing students to virtually explore many aspects of living in a pandemic. Children can play in this risk-free environment with more control than they often have in the real world.
Opinion: When students stumble, colleges should turn to restorative justice before expulsion
Jonathan Zimmerman discusses a trend across higher education, where we’re relying on draconian penalties — especially suspensions — to discipline our students instead of working with them to help them get better.
On His First Day in White House, Biden Dissolves Trump’s 1776 Commission on U.S. History
Jonathan Zimmerman told The 74 that the sometimes vituperative arguments about American ideals and history held a vital place in K-12 classrooms.
5 Ways to Discuss the Capitol Riot with Your Students
Sigal Ben-Porath describes, “It was a very disturbing and significant moment in American history, so most students will be needing a place to consider it outside their families, and they don't have peer groups right now for the most part because of the pandemic.”
The thorny issues of free speech on campus
Sigal Ben-Porath joins host Jay Shapiro to explore what protections universities owe their students.