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Eric LeGrand, Paralyzed Ex-Rutgers Football Player, ‘Hurt’ by Commencement Decision

UPDATE: Rutgers has released a statement from president Robert Barchi: “Eric LeGrand will speak at our Commencement and personally receive his degree from me as […]

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Rape, Rape-Rape and Sexual Assault at Colleges

If you haven’t read Simon van Zuylen-Wood’s terrific piece in the May issue of Philadelphia magazine on sexual assaults at Swarthmore College, do so. It’s […]

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Princeton Offering Meningitis Vaccines for Students’ Significant Others

Princeton, still reeling from a meningitis outbreak on campus last year that led to the death of a Drexel student, is now offering an unapproved […]

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Rape Happens Here: Sexual Assault Crisis at Swarthmore

Simon van Zuylen-Wood has a deep-dive feature in May’s Philadelphia magazine on a crisis at Swarthmore College: 91 reports of sexual misconduct in one year.

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Rape Happens Here

In the early 1980s, staff members in one of Swarthmore’s libraries began hanging reams of white computer paper in the bathroom stalls, which students would […]

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Swarthmore College Title IX Complaint and Official Response

There are 11 additional student testimonials contained in the Title IX complaint filed against Swarthmore College in 2013 — which Philadelphia magazine obtained earlier this […]

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New SAT to Focus on “College and Career Readiness.” So What Did the Old One Measure?

Finally facing the music about the test’s lack of efficacy, the rollout of a new Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) says that the College Board has […]

Property

Look Into the Puppies’ Eyes: You Will Buy This Dentist’s House

Listing photos usually focus on views and landscaping and professional staging. Not this Collegeville home. Here the owners go straight for the literal puppy-dog eyes. Please […]

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Race-Neutral College Admissions Ignore the Importance of Diversity

In The New York Times last week, there was a piece about college admissions and diversity in the wake of the Fisher v. University of Texas […]

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Commencement Speaker Smackdown!

The first round of announcements regarding May college commencement speakers has wound down, and if you think college admissions are competitive, you should see the […]

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Pennsylvania: Home to America’s Drunkest College Students?

Check out this chart from Rehabs.com featuring the colleges with the most on-campus alcohol arrests in 2012. Notice anything?:

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Penn Dean Reveals Third Student Suicide Since End of Last Semester

In the wake of the high-profile suicides of Penn students Madison Holleran and Elvis Hatcher, Philadelphia magazine has learned that a third university student had […]

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Penn Student Government Feuds over Money, “French Macaroons”

Much like they may go on to do later in life, Penn kids are feuding over money. Today’s Daily Pennsylvanian brings an incredible report on […]

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Trigger Warning: This Article Will Offend Those Who Like Trigger Warnings

A few days back, a student at Temple filed a grievance against the university with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office on Civil Rights. The […]

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Fixing Academia: 5 Ways To Save St. Joe’s (and Every University Like It)

St. Joseph’s University is facing financial problems. Revenue is not as high as projected. Expenses continue to rise. So they’re implementing budgetary cutbacks. Last year […]