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The practice of marking down tuition prices has few benefits. “It’s not good for anybody. It’s not good for the students. And it’s not good for the institutions,” said economist Phillip Levine.

Economist Courtney Coile, who studies public-pension systems around the world, notes that many countries have enacted recent policy changes, while Social Security is largely unchanged since 1983.

Professor Emerita Susan M. Reverby reflects on the life of Peter Buxtun, the public-health-service-employee-turned-whistle-blower who exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: “All hell broke loose.”

Professor and Wellesley Centers for Women researcher Linda Charmaraman writes about how stricter monitoring of tween and teen internet use may not always be for the better.

“Humans are always paying attention to how bees survive and thrive,” says biology professor Heather Mattila. “We need to understand how we can help them because they do so much for us.”

Liz Hoveland of Wellesley’s communications and public affairs department writes for the Boston Herald that ending college legacy admissions is best for students.

Professor emeritus Selwyn Cudjoe writes about crime and education for the Trinidad Daily Express.

Professor and Wellesley Centers for Women researcher Linda Charmaraman asks: Is your kid addicted to their phone? Here’s a definitive guide to managing your children’s tech.

College students from Rwanda won the CIEE UNHCR Student Challenge at the 12th Annual CIEE Global Internship Conference in London. A team from Wellesley College was the runner-up.