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Higher Education
Penn State spent half a million dollars on police overtime at football games in 2021
Local police officers make double their hourly rate when working overtime at Penn State football games, a cost the university reimburses.
3 years ago
Temple makes masks optional for fall semester, but not everyone is happy about it
The decision has been met with mixed reactions, but ultimately Temple University says they are following what the city is doing.
3 years ago
How colleges are preparing for a new public health threat: monkeypox
The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.
3 years ago
Penn State won’t answer important questions after student athletes were allegedly extorted into sharing sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves and others.
3 years ago
The U.S. government underestimated the cost of the student loan program by billions
The Education Department originally thought the student loan program would make money — instead, it's losing it.
3 years ago
A growing number of Americans are questioning the value of going to college
A new poll on adults' perceptions of higher education shows a sharp partisan divide and a decline in the share of Americans who think colleges have a positive impact.
3 years ago
Colleges navigate confusing legal landscapes as new abortion laws take effect
As abortion-banning state laws take effect, university health centers across the U.S. are trying to figure out their rights and responsibilities when counseling students.
3 years ago
Bit by a tick in New Jersey? Rutgers scientists want you to mail it in
Rutgers researchers are on a mission to recruit “citizen scientists” as part of NJ Ticks 4 Science.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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."
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago