Voice: Elaine Maimon
Choosing College In Fraught Times
As high school seniors approach college decision time, a longtime university president offers guidelines for picking schools that value respect, freedom and choice
By Elaine MaimonHonoring Penn’s Once-Overlooked Nobel Prize Winner
Katalin Karikó and her research partner did the science that led to the Covid-19 vaccine. A longtime university president suggests lessons we should take from her story
By Elaine MaimonTime To Move Past the School Voucher Debate
A longtime university president and public schools advocate urges compromise so low-income students can get the education they deserve today — and public schools can thrive
By Elaine MaimonWhat Temple’s New President Must Do
A longtime university president urges the Temple Board of Trustees to select a successor who embodies the best of late President JoAnne Epps
By Elaine MaimonWhy PA Must Fund our Public Universities
Disparities in higher ed lead to societal inequities and damage our democracy. That’s why, a longtime university president urges, our state must do better
By Elaine MaimonListen: Free Speech Matters. Still.
This Constitution Day, a long-time university president invites Philadelphians to explore the Bill of Rights, starting with the oft-battered, but still standing First Amendment
By Elaine MaimonGot Student Debt? Heed this Advice.
A long-time university president on the quick and easy way to ease the debt burden for the thousands of Americans facing an increase in their monthly payments
By Elaine MaimonIdeas We Should Steal: Help Everyone Be Like Shaq
A longtime university administrator helped the NBA superstar finish his college degree. Now, she urges Philly colleges to make it easy for less famous almost-grads to get their diplomas, too
By Elaine MaimonCollege Diversity Without Affirmative Action
A long-time university president reflects on what it would take for selective colleges and universities to diversify their campuses. Spoiler alert: We already know how to do it.
By Elaine MaimonPennsylvania, Resolve the Budget Impasse
A long-time university president recalls the dire consequences to public higher education of an Illinois budget stalemate — and urges legislators to ensure that doesn't happen here
By Elaine Maimon