Topic: Colleges and Universities

A long-time university president calls for a constitutional convention on higher education in the city known for revolutions. Penn, et al, are you listening?

Former mayors Kasim Reed of Atlanta and Michael Nutter of Philadelphia talk to author Mark Dunkelman and Accelerator for America’s Mary Ellen Wiederwohl about how cities are the last bastion of progress

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film is based on Penn Professor Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s epic. A long-time university president urges everyone to see, read or listen to the story — and support humanities education

A long-time university president asks us to promote merit-only criteria for scientific funding

As smaller private schools struggle, community colleges fuel growth in higher ed. Let’s support them, says a local education leader

The esteemed Ivy self-evaluated and committed to reform. A longtime university president urges local colleges and universities to do the same, by transforming attacks into inflection points

A longtime university president encourages Philadelphia-area colleges and universities to partner with community colleges and unions to make connections for fulfillment in careers and life

President Trump is trying to make it harder for college students to cast a ballot. A longtime university president encourages us all to push back for the sake of our democracy

The Department of Education’s zeal to eliminate diversity efforts on campus has now veered into a small-print threat that could shatter independence — and financial viability — for local colleges. A longtime university president on what we can do about it

Not according to students in a recent poll. A longtime university president reflects on how the new data explodes the political narrative