Higher Education
How COVID-19 made stressing over starting college even more intense
For the Classes of 2020 and 2021, anxiety can be high if you took a gap year, or didn’t. If you applied away from home, or didn’t.
3 years ago
Listen 1:08Should medical schools require a standardized test for admission?
The MCAT is supposed to gauge future success. But it can also be a financial barrier to underrepresented groups.
3 years ago
Listen 13:383000 by 2000: A history of the visionary campaign to diversify med schools, and what got in its way
The goal seemed pretty clear cut, to enroll a medical school class containing at least 3,000 students of color by the year 2000. Why did it fail?
3 years ago
Listen 11:30Del.’s COVID-19 outbreak started at UD one year ago. Campus life may never be the same
Today marks one year since Del. announced a UD professor tested positive for COVID-19, its first confirmed case. Here’s how the college experience may change permanently.
3 years ago
Listen 4:51Drexel’s headed to NCAAs for the first time in 25 years
The Dragons, whose last NCAA appearance came in 1996 as a member of the America East Conference, were 10 of 17 from 3-point range and went 29 of 51 in their three wins.
3 years ago
Rutgers to divest its $1.6 billion endowment from fossil fuels
The boards of governors and trustees approved a plan to stop any new fossil fuel investments and pull out of index funds and private investments tied to the industry.
3 years ago
At the NBA All-Star Game, HBCUs will take center stage
Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta is generating $3 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, through donations to scholarship funds.
3 years ago
When campus is not a bubble, how does a university enforce physical distancing rules?
Thousands of university students live in Philadelphia — off campus. Their pandemic parties and study sessions are not pleasing the neighbors.
3 years ago
Villanova student accused of sexually assaulting 4 female students on campus
A spokesperson for Villanova University said they immediately launched an investigation and the male student is no longer on campus.
3 years ago
Univ. of Delaware COVID-19 outbreak alarms state officials, spurs tighter campus restrictions
A total of 324 positive test results were reported last week. That’s nearly three times higher than the University of Delaware's previous weekly high in mid-November.
3 years ago
Montgomery County Community College receives largest gift in school history
The $3 million gift will go toward the new Baker Center of Excellence for Employee Ownership and Business Transformation
3 years ago
Jill Biden pushes free access to community college, training
A longtime community college professor and advocate, the first lady said people struggling to get by during the coronavirus economic slump need access to these schools.
3 years ago
Colleges add more in-person classes for spring, amid high risk of coronavirus spread
Many colleges are starting their spring semester this week, and new data show that schools are bringing students back to campus, with more in-person classes.
3 years ago
As students return to dorms after COVID spike, Philly colleges implement rapid testing
Some Philly-area college students returned to in-person class last week amid public health experts’ concerns about spreading COVID on campus.
3 years ago
Listen 5:02Americans 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
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