Penn GSE News Archive
Give Students Comfort and More During These Traumatic Times
Marybeth Gasman responds to Penn GSE colleague Jonathan Zimmerman's New York Daily News article about patronizing students with emotional support post-Trump's presidential win.
How Minority-Serving Institutions Are Responding to Trump’s Win — and Making Their Pitch
Marybeth Gasman shares her concern regarding a Trump presidency's impact on prior White House initiatives that support minority-serving institutions.
Both Trump voters and people of color deserve to be heard
Shaun Harper reflects on the shocking US presidential election result, saying the concerns of Trump voters and people of color need to be paid attention to, as well as the issues they both raise.
Rethinking School Discipline
Matthew Steinberg is mentioned here regarding how some of the largest school districts in the United States have implemented policy reforms to curtail the use of suspension and other approaches to discipline.
Hence, This Is Racist
U Penn Launches College Promise Online Database
“We hope communities and states can use this data to inform decisions about designing and structuring College Promise programs,” said Laura Perna, after the recent launch of the online College Promise database.
New faces on campus: Students of all races welcome first black presidents to largely white colleges
Marybeth Gasman comments on the recent appointments of black presidents at predominantly white colleges.
Is Your Board Ready for the Future?
Peter shares his expertise on the baseline fundamentals, performance, and culture of boards.
Many Hispanic Students Never Have a Teacher Who Looks Like Them
Richard Ingersoll talks about the difficulty of closing the gap between the numbers of minority students and minority teachers.
A Passport in the Sock Drawer
The Center for Minority Serving Institutions and the Council on International Exchange have partnered up to increase study abroad participation at MSIs. Marybeth Gasman said, "...we don’t have enough students from minority-serving institutions that are studying abroad. We are trying to fundamentally change that..."
Commentary: Faculty, step up on free speech
"That's precisely what our free-speech debate needs right now: more fuss from the faculty. Free speech should be an academic question, not an administrative one. The real question is whether we'll step up to answer it," says Jonathan Zimmerman.
The Next Step in Diversifying the Faculty
Marybeth Gasman's widely discussed The Hechinger Report article on why universities don't hire more faculty of color is mentioned in this piece on diversifying the faculty.
How schools are turning ‘joy’ into a character strength — and why it’s an awful idea
Joan Goodman writes about no-excuses charter schools' promotion of joyous learning and offers reservations to the idea of educators artificially manufacturing emotional states in students.
What Do School Districts Want from Digital Content?
Bobbi Kurshan shares what features teachers and district officials most often seek when choosing digital content to use in the classroom.
'She's probably gonna blow us up' - how students turned Trump's rhetoric to racism
Jonathan Zimmerman says that the Trump candidacy has played a large role in triggering prejudiced episodes in public schools. "It's made lots of people and their kids feel more free to express certain bigoted ideas."
The importance of keeping globally engaged
Alan Ruby discusses the effects globalization and political volatility have on postsecondary institutions.