Karen Weaver discusses the multiple challenges facing Wake Forest University's athletics department in the NIL and conference realignment era as its new president takes over.
Robert Zemsky says that many students are dropping out or transferring before completing four years of traditional college, hence describing the failing college model as "product rejection."
Karen Weaver says that schools with strong sports programs are opening ways for sports business students to work with their athletics teams as part of a larger shift in the college athletics industry.
A new report from Penn GSE researchers explores one of the most pressing tensions in education policy today: how to ensure rigorous preparation for teachers while expanding access to the profession.
Penn GSE alumni, faculty, and education leaders returned to campus for a timely conversation on how artificial intelligence is reshaping classrooms, teaching, and learning.
A recent panel discussion—kicking-off a series of events in honor of America's 250th birthday—covered the future of higher ed through the lens of its past and tumultuous present. The panel featured university leaders including Dean Katharine Strunk, McGraw Center for Educational Leadership Executive Director John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., and Penn President J. Larry Jameson.
Sade Bonilla's recent research study on the relation between student background and academic performance is the center point of this Philadelphia Tribune article.
Michael Smerconish speaks with Jonathan Zimmerman about the book "Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn," co-authored with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson.
Honors from AERA, Penn AI, Penn Alumni, and national organizations highlight faculty and staff contributions across education research, artificial intelligence, and public engagement.
Jonathan Zimmerman says that, although findings show that most service workers now have college degrees, students should not be discouraged from attending college.
The director of growth and impact at Catalyst @ Penn GSE was selected by Sierra Leone’s Central University to help create curriculum and policies as they launch their first postgraduate programs.
During the month-long initiative focused on human-centered AI, Penn GSE will host several events, including a faculty panel on responsible AI use, a two-day symposium on AI in education, and a mindfulness forum.
Luis Morales-Navarro and Shruti Mehta join a University-wide cohort of researchers exploring how artificial intelligence can shape fields ranging from medicine to education.
Professors Janine Remillard and Sharon Ravitch recently joined the Re-Educated podcast to discuss curriculum use and practitioner research in education.
Drawing on her nationally recognized expertise as an economist of education, Dean Katharine Strunk warns that a new federal proposal misclassifies education degrees and threatens the pipeline of counselors, principals, and mental health professionals.
In this co-taught class, Abby Reisman and Sigal Ben-Porath encourage students to consider their roles and identities as participants and facilitators of discussion as they grapple with the role of classroom discourse in K–12 and higher education settings.
Robert Zemsky says that proposals to introduce three-year bachelor’s degrees at some University of Wisconsin campuses reflect a growing effort to reduce the cost and time required to complete college while maintaining the value of a traditional degree.
Karen Weaver says Rutgers’ mounting athletics deficit since joining the Big Ten illustrates the steep financial pressures universities face when trying to compete in top-tier athletic conferences, where rising spending on facilities, coaching salaries, and program expansion often outpaces revenue growth.
Karen Weaver sits down with higher-ed governance experts Raquel Rall of UC Riverside and Penn GSE's own Peter Eckel to unpack fiduciary duty, board education, and how to make mission-driven decisions in college athletics amid NIL, revenue sharing, realignment, and rising financial risk.
A new series spotlighting the unique offerings and pedagogy of Penn GSE courses kicks off with a spotlight on Julie Wollman’s class on leadership in higher education.
We gathered four Penn GSE alumni, now serving as college presidents, to discuss the current state of higher education, the evolving demands of academic leadership, and how the presidency is a calling, not just a career.
On Inside Higher Ed’s The Key podcast, Robert Zemsky says that three-year bachelor’s degrees could help colleges respond to declining student demand by offering a more efficient model.
Robert Zemsky says that momentum behind three-year bachelor’s degrees is growing as more states and colleges explore accelerated degree options to lower costs, improve affordability, and help students enter the workforce sooner, reflecting broader shifts in higher education models.
In The Boston Globe, Robert Zemsky says that Massachusetts’ move to allow colleges to propose three-year bachelor’s programs reflects a broader shift in higher education toward more affordable and efficient degree options that help students enter the workforce sooner while reducing the overall cost of earning a degree.
Now that student-athletes are eligible for direct payments from some schools, as well as lucrative endorsement deals, is the age of the amateur over? How will colleges and universities navigate this new normal and the inequalities inherent in this revenue-sharing era?
Sigal Ben-Porath discusses the critical role of higher education in defending free speech and fostering democratic engagement, arguing that colleges must model open dialogue and civic responsibility if they are to prepare students to sustain democratic norms in an era of polarization.
Ben-Porath co-authored a piece with faculty from Wharton and Penn Carey Law in the Guardian about how such lists have historically been a prelude to persecution and could set a precedent for broader government overreach into personal data and academic freedom.
He writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer that such lists are an affront to civil liberties and a reminder of dark chapters in history when such inquiries were used to marginalize and persecute Jewish communities.
