<p>^ As The Atlantic article indicates, it’s also the result of a large-scale program of improvements and enhancements to Penn’s undergraduate curriculum and experience, campus, and surrounding neighborhood that began in the mid-1990s under Penn’s previous president, Judith Rodin, and continues under the current president, Amy Gutmann:</p>
<p>[Sept/Oct</a> Gazette: How Excellent?](<a href=“Penn: Page not found”>Penn: Page not found)</p>
<p>[Urban</a> Colleges Learn to Be Good Neighbors - washingtonpost.com](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801164.html?sub=AR]Urban”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801164.html?sub=AR)</p>
<p>[Penn’s</a> $500m project could be Harvard’s model - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/03/ivys_growth_transforms_a_city/?page=1]Penn’s”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/03/ivys_growth_transforms_a_city/?page=1)</p>
<p>[Colleges</a> Teach ‘Urban Development 101’ - WSJ.com](<a href=“Colleges Teach 'Urban Development 101' - WSJ”>Colleges Teach 'Urban Development 101' - WSJ)</p>
<p>Strategic use of Early Decision, alone, can only go so far without the “goods” to back it up.</p>