Higher Education
Philly loses control of Army-Navy Game. After this year, the city won’t host again until 2027
Philadelphia has hosted 89 of 122 matchups between the two service academies, but the organizers of the contest want to take the game elsewhere.
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College athletes push mental health to the forefront
At least five college athletes took their own lives in the spring, sparking concerns that schools were not doing enough for some of their higher-profile students.
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Penn’s medical school partners with HBCUs to attract more Black students into medicine
The PASS program allows undergraduate students to shadow physicians, participate in student-led clinics, and create support networks with faculty.
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College enrollment is declining and tuitions are rising. More young people are questioning the value of college and the broken admissions process.
Air Date: May 31, 2022 12:00 am
Listen 49:30After 30 years, Chestnut Hill College president gets her own beer
One of the longest-seated college presidents in the nation, Sister Carol Vale’s retirement from Chestnut Hill College has a bespoke brew: Vale Pale Ale.
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President Biden urges Delaware graduates to fight against the ‘oldest and darkest forces in America’
In the wake of two mass shooting tragedies, President Joe Biden urged University of Delaware graduates on Saturday to fight against the “oldest and darkest forces in America."
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University of Delaware reinstates mask mandate just days before graduation
COVID cases on campus are up nearly 60% in the past month. As a result, the semester will end with students and staff required to mask up.
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Renewed effort to help N.J. public service workers get student loan forgiveness
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy helped draw attention to a change in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to help workers get student loans forgiven.
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Penn Medicine has expanded its telehealth program to increase access to medication that helps people stop using opioids.
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Coach Dawn Staley accepts WHYY’s Lifelong Learning Award
The celebrated basketball coach’s conversation with Terry Gross at the virtual event explored Staley’s struggles to achieve her dream of staying in the game for life.
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Philly’s University of the Arts workers form second union in two years
Professional and non-professional staff voted to form a bargaining unit. Two years ago the UArts teaching faculty unionized its own unit.
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The April 20 traffic stop and search has generated national media coverage. University President Tony Allen says the police engaged in misconduct.
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Del. State Univ. president ‘incensed’ over Georgia police drug search of lacrosse team bus
The women’s team was on its way home from playing games in Florida and Georgia when the bus was stopped. Officers ransacked their luggage but found nothing illegal.
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Listen 1:45Beware, new student loan borrowers: Interest rates are about to jump
Borrowers who need help next year will have to take out a new loan at a new interest rate.
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Temple University holds first in-person commencement ceremony in two years
Although the class of 2022 spent several years learning remotely, they finally got a chance to experience one of college’s most memorable moments face-to-face.
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