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Education

Rutgers tuition is going up, along with room and board

The university raised tuition following deals with several unions and after receiving more state funding.

3 years ago

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Education

Northwestern fires coach Pat Fitzgerald amid hazing scandal

Northwestern President Michael Schill says the culture within Fitzgerald's program was “broken” in some ways.

3 years ago

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Education
Billy Penn

Higher-ed mergers are trending in the Philadelphia region, a lifeline for a industry ‘not particularly good at strategy’

3 years ago

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Courts & Law

Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard

Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, is filing the civil rights complaint on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England.

3 years ago

Delaware State University
Education

Delaware State University researchers to study initiative bringing housing and health care to people experiencing homelessness

The $300,000 study will evaluate Catholic Charities’ Healthy Housing Initiative, which aims to combat homelessness through collaboration.

3 years ago

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NPR
Courts & Law

‘There is no trust now’: Student loan borrowers respond to Supreme Court decision

In the wake of Friday's Supreme Court decision striking down Biden's relief plan, borrowers lament the path forward.

3 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Biden offers alternative student debt relief plan that would remove immediate threat of default

The president said he will work under the Higher Education Act to begin a new program that would begin loan repayment but remove the immediate threat of default.

3 years ago

students protesting outside of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loans

The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, effectively killed the $400 billion plan.

3 years ago

Delaware State University President Tony Allen
Courts & Law

‘The need remains. Inequality remains’: Delaware State president reacts to SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action

The leader of Delaware’s HBCU says the SCOTUS ruling will “most assuredly” have a chilling effect on educational opportunities for people of color.

3 years ago

(Peter Judson for NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

3 years ago

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Education
Spotlight PA

Penn State, Pitt, and others get hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds. Tracking it is a challenge

Transparency into how Pennsylvania’s state-related universities spend annual appropriations is limited.

3 years ago

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Education

Cabrini University to close after ’23-24 school year, Villanova will acquire campus

Both schools emphasize that the Cabrini name will be retained and its legacy honored.

3 years ago

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Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Charles L. Blockson, prominent historian and scholar, dies at 89

Blockson was the architect behind some of the most prestigious collections of African American artifacts in the U.S.

3 years ago

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NPR
Education

The NCAA looks to weed out marijuana from its banned drug list

An NCAA panel asked the association to treat marijuana like alcohol. The NCAA is expected to make a final decision on the matter in the fall.

3 years ago

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Money

It’s almost time to resume student loan payments. Not doing so could cost you

More than 40 million Americans will have to start making federal student loan payments again at the end of the summer.

3 years ago

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