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Politics & Policy

The Tyranny of Merit

Americans generally believe that if we work hard we can succeed and control our own destinies. But Harvard professor of political philosophy Michael Sandel begs to differ.

Air Date: January 22, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
(Delphine Lee/NPR)
NPR
Money

President Biden will extend student loan payment freeze through Sept. 30

President Joe Biden plans to ask the Education Department to extend pandemic relief for about 41 million federal student loan borrowers through September 30th.

2 days ago

Members of the University of Delaware drumline practice in preparation for their performance in the stripped down inaugural parade for UD alum Joe Biden. (courtesy UDel)
Politics & Policy

University of Delaware drumline gets unique honor at Biden inauguration

“This is off-the-charts.” University of Delaware drummers will be one of the few live performances in Biden’s stripped-down inaugural parade.

2 days ago

Daniel Greenstein speaks at a press conference.
Education
Spotlight PA

Head of Pa.’s public university system to examine historic roots of racism in state schools

Chancellor Daniel Greenstein said he was “ashamed to admit” he had not studied how the university system has historically perpetuated racial inequity.

1 week ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors ask judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to report to jail

The attorney general's office wrote in a Monday letter to Judge John Boccabella that no legal impediment prevents him from enforcing the minimum jail sentence of two months.

1 week ago

The University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How UPenn could revoke Trump’s Wharton degree

The bylaws don’t have a clause for incitement of insurrection, but there’s always the question of cheating on the SAT.

1 week ago

Lehigh University's campus in Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh U.)
NPR
Education

Lehigh University revokes President Trump’s honorary degree

The Pennsylvania school's board of trustees held a special vote this week, after Trump incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

2 weeks ago

Illkya Acosta, 26, protested outside President-elect Biden’s Philadelphia headquarters demanding debt cancellation Monday night. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Should I have even gone to college?’: Why Philly borrowers want Biden to cancel student debt

More than 50 community organizers and student borrowers rallied in front of President-elect Biden’s Center City headquarters to demand he cancel all federal student loan debt.

3 weeks ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Education

Local colleges see larger-than-average enrollment drops this fall

College enrollment fell nationally, with schools in Pa., NJ, and Delaware seeing larger-than-average dips.

1 month ago

FILE PHOTO: Penn State President Eric J. Barron, right, listens during a Penn State University Board of Trustees meeting on the campus of Penn State Harrisburg in Middletown, Pa., Friday, July 21, 2017. (Chris Knight / AP Photo)
Education
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Penn State looking to grow its role as an ‘Energy University’

University President Eric Barron says he's looking forward to environmental issues getting more focus in Biden administration.

1 month ago

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Corey booker speaks during the National Urban League Conference  in Indianapolis, in this Thursday, July 25, 2019, file photo. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Politics & Policy

Booker, Democratic lawmakers introduce NCAA reform bill

If passed, it could wreak havoc on the NCAA's ability to govern intercollegiate athletics and the association's model for amateurism.

1 month ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 12/14/20

This week: City Council President Darrell Clarke on the construction tax, Sara Goldrick-Rab on student debt forgiveness, and a teenage genealogist solving family mysteries.

Air Date: December 14, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Temple University campus
Education

Temple fined $700K in settlement over rankings scandal

The scandal “wrongly increased Temple’s enrollment and revenue, deceived consumers, and unfairly harmed competitors," the U.S. Department of Education alleged.

2 months ago

Samantha Rise from Girls Rock Philly
PlanPhilly
Money

Philly’s other big universities stay silent after $100M UPenn donation

When the school made its announcement, City Councilmember Helen Gym and others voiced hope that other universities with large landholdings would pony up.

2 months ago

In this Nov. 12, 2020, photo, University of Vermont students walk through a tent leading to a COVID-testing site on campus in Burlington, Vt. As coronavirus cases are surging around the U.S., some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Education

U.S. colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return

The coronavirus presented huge challenges for the fall semester for U.S. colleges that opened the academic year with in-person learning.

2 months ago

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