The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story today covering six-year graduation rates at schools in the Eastern Pennsylvania/New Jersey area. Penn State’s six-year graduation rate is 84% (according to the National Center for Education Statistics) and the national average for “Very Competitive” schools (according to Barron’s 2009 edition of Profiles of American Colleges) is 62.3%. The […]
Pennsylvania’s Right To Know Law, signed by Governor Rendell back in February 2008 has forced four Universities in the Commonwealth to divulge information about the 25 highest paid employees. The Universities that fall under this Act include Temple, Pitt, Lincoln and Penn State. According to Section 1503 of the law (I took out the irrelevant […]
Even with it’s state-of-the-art Food Science building, which houses Berkey Creamery, Penn State’s Food Science Department is having trouble filling their classrooms. Penn State’s program isn’t alone: a marked 32% decrease in enrollment in Food Science programs across North America means the industry is left starving for more graduates to solve some of the world’s […]
The PA Department of Health has released information stating that Swine Flu has made it’s debut in Centre County. Tests by Commonwealth officials as well as a local medical organization have confirmed the discovery. This annoucement came on the same day that the CDC announced that there have been 11,054 confirmed cases of H1N1 with […]
In late May, the Collegian had to divert its attention from its top priority– adapting its newsroom to the changing media environment– after managing director Gerry Hamilton initiated an institutional power play. Hamilton, who holds the highest professional position within the organization, fired news adviser John Harvey for “insubordination.” When we first posted about this, […]
The IST College plays host to all sorts of alluring classes. Among these jewels, I was lucky enough to be enrolled in IST 402 during this past Spring semester. Depending on the semester, IST 402 has multiple focuses, sometimes with multiple classes each covering a different topic. In the past, topics have included database design […]