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Immigrant children are using comic books to express their fears of deportation [photos]
Comic books gave rise to Superman and Wonder Woman — and are now giving voice to kids telling their own stories about immigration. ...
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At many Pa. colleges, black students are not benefiting amid rising graduation rates
A recent study finds graduation rates at f ...
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Leaders of black colleges set to meet with GOP lawmakers, White House officials
During his campaign, President Trump frequently asked the African-American community, “What do you have to lose by trying something ...
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Pro-life, pro-choice supporters in Philly region protest at Planned Parenthood [photos]
As part of a coordinated national campaign, protesters stood outside Planned Parenthood clinics across the country — including one in t ...
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One descended from slaves, one whose ancestors aided traders explore shared history in Ghana
A new study-abroad program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, takes students to Ghana, in part, to explore slave castles an ...
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Lehigh University students return from Ghana with a new perspective on life
Many college students study abroad to learn a language or a different culture. For three years, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pe ...
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Changes coming to 180-year-old Cheyney, though what form they’ll take still unclear
Cheyney, the country’s oldest historically black college or university or HBCU, celebrated its 180th birthday this year — fo ...
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Thousands protest travel ban in Philly and cheer ruling suspending it [photos]
President Trump’s executive order banning refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries sparked several thousand people to gather f ...
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Community college starts ‘Shark Tank’ like contest to match investors and entrepreneurs
It probably won’t be as cut-throat as Shark Tank, but Bucks County Community Colle ...
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Pennsylvania public universities consider mergers and closures for first time
For the first time in its history, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education experienced a ...
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Bucks engineers pair wind with water for a new kind of turbine
Engineering students at Bucks County Community College have developed an alternative energy generator — a wind turbine that takes u ...
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After ITT closing, area colleges reach out to abandoned students
Thousands of higher ed students across Pennsylvania have been “school-less” since last week. After the U.S. Department ...
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