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Opinion: Say No To SATs

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SAT requirements create an unfair advantage for students who come from wealthier families that are able to pay for private tutoring. Studies, such as one through Princeton University, have shown that dropping the requirement improves both GPA and diversity of admits.

Statistics of Pepperdine and Beyond

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Statistics Tell Pepperdine’s Story

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Pepperdine controls some statistics that describe the University — but not all of them. These two kinds of numbers, institutional and social, are necessary when trying to understand Pepperdine.

Pepperdine Mourns Death of Professor Michael Summers

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Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine The Pepperdine community is mourning the loss of Business Management professor Michael R. Summers. He passed away in his sleep Aug. 16. Summers began teaching at Pepperdine in the fall of 1980 and was the longest tenured business faculty member in the Business Administration Division, according to a University press release. […]

New Year’s Resolutions Allow Weakness

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Art by Peau Porotesano Resolutions today are often the butt of a slew of jokes. On a certain level, it makes sense. It’s less than a month into January, and according to the numbers from the Statistic Brain Research Institute’s “New Years Resolution Statistics,” only about 64 percent of individuals will keep their resolutions for […]