Tag: UPenn
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The Academic Minute for 2024.11.04-2024.11.08
The Academic Minute from 11.04 – 11.08 Monday Simon Blanchard – Georgetown University Mindfulness and Money Simon Blanchard is a Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor and a Dean’s Professor at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. His research focuses on developing tools and methodologies to help managers understand consumer decision-making processes. Substantively, he often focuses…
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Daniel Sparks, University of Pennsylvania – An Exploration of State Free College Policies
Are tuition-free eligible academic programs working as intended or do they need updates? Daniel Sparks, postdoctoral fellow in economics and education at the University of Pennsylvania, leads this exploration. Daniel Sparks is a postdoctoral fellow in economics and education at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on higher education finance and policy. An Exploration…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.03.04)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.03.04 Monday, March 4th Steven Pressman of Colorado State University examines if infrastructure spending will be a priority for Congress. Tuesday, March 5th Wesley Wildman of Boston University discusses using computer simulations to study religion. Wednesday, March 6th Robert Brown of the United States Air Force Academy delves into…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.26)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.26 Monday, March 26th Joseph Fins of Cornell University examines bipartisanship during the Watergate Crisis. Tuesday, March 20th Jessica Young of American University discusses how where you live matters for your health. Wednesday, March 21st Greg Hall of Case Western Reserve University explores the health risks of tattoos. Thursday,…
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Joni Finney featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1300), Bob has selected Joni…
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Joni Finney, UPenn – College Completion
Not everyone takes the traditional four-year path through the university system. Joni Finney, professor at The University of Pennsylvania, discusses some non-standard routes toward graduation. Dr. Joni Finney is Director of the Institute for Research on Higher Education (IRHE) and Professor of Practice at the Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania.…