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Oct 7, 2024 | 
townandcountrymag.com | James Murphy
Just about everybody has a problem with the US News and World Report Best Colleges rankings. Professors, college presidents, admissions officers, college counselors, and even the Secretary of Education have taken issue with the rankings for erasing the complexity and character of nearly 1,500 colleges in the service of reducing them to a number devised using dubious reputational surveys and other questionable methodology. And it’s not just talk.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
townandcountrymag.com | James Murphy
Last week the University of Southern California announced that it would not proceed with its commencement ceremony, which typically brings 65,000 people to campus and features speeches and a few honorary degrees. But as of today USC is still planning on going forward with each of its component schools’ graduation ceremonies—albeit with limited tickets available and stepped-up security.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
rand.org | James Murphy |Roland Neil |Jessica Welburn Paige |Jessica Welburn
Key Findings
The impact of police shootings is severe — particularly for communities of color in the United States — and more-nuanced research is needed to understand the dynamics of racial bias. Thinking of racial bias in police shootings as a process with a series of stages can improve research in this area. These stages include officers' encounters with civilians, use of force, and the type of force used.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | James Murphy
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
slate.com | James Murphy
School If you walk into any expensive private high school today, you’ll feel it: a buzz of anxiety and anticipation. The higher the tuition, the stronger the buzz. Today is the day many Ivy League colleges release their early decision notifications. Other highly rejective colleges have been letting early decision applicants know all week.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
livingchurch.org | James Murphy
Review by Kristina Rake
When I first encountered the term “planned giving” as a very young lay volunteer, I thought it was an oxymoron. Wasn’t all giving planned? Did we not call it theft when one “gave” without planning to? By the time I entered ordained ministry in 2013, I had a vague awareness that planned giving was somehow tied to estates, endowments, and trusts. It was the same vague awareness I had that calculus was a kind of math.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
slate.com | James Murphy
School Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, as it’s known, has asked teenagers to write an essay where they reflect on who they are and what they want to be. Now is a good time for college admissions offices to reflect on who they are and what they want the application essay to be.
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Sep 10, 2023 | 
msn.com | James Murphy
The strange, twisted logic behind the sky-high cost of collegeCollege is too damn expensive. Even if Joe Biden makes good on his plan to wipe out $10,000 of debt for every American with student loans, it would do nothing to bring down the staggering prices that colleges charge for admission. Indeed, the fact that debt forgiveness has become politically viable makes clear just how many people have been hurt by the crushing cost of obtaining a higher education.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
livingchurch.org | James Murphy
Review by Kristina RakeWhen I first encountered the term “planned giving” as a very young lay volunteer, I thought it was an oxymoron. Wasn’t all giving planned? Did we not call it theft when one “gave” without planning to? By the time I entered ordained ministry in 2013, I had a vague awareness that planned giving was somehow tied to estates, endowments, and trusts. It was the same vague awareness I had that calculus was a kind of math.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
edreformnow.org | James Murphy
To: Stakeholders in Higher Ed DiversityFrom: Education Reform NowDate: 16 August 2023Subject: Biden Administration’s Response to SFFA DecisionOn August 14, the Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) released a document entitled “Questions and Answers Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. V.
