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Higher Education

A view of a Temple flag from below, flying outside of a university building.
Education
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Temple University faculty deciding on whether to hold no-confidence vote on president, executives

The union held a meeting to discuss concerns about how President Jason Wingard has led the school since taking over in 2021.

4 years ago

Temple University campus at North Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue
Education

Temple graduate students ratify new pact, end 6-week strike

The Temple University Graduate Students Association says Monday evening that the vote was 344 to 8 in favor of ratification.

4 years ago

Temple head coach Aaron McKie walks down the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Houston
Education

Temple ousts coach Aaron McKie after 4 seasons

The Owls finished fifth in the American Athletic Conference this season with a 10-8 record and were the only AAC team to defeat No. 1 Houston in the regular season.

4 years ago

Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, N.J., Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Education

Rutgers faculty authorizes a strike as negotiations continue

The union representing full- and part-time faculty hopes to avert a strike as they negotiate a contract that is economically equitable.

4 years ago

Temple University graduate students rally for better wages.
Education

After six-week strike, Temple reaches tentative deal with grad student union

The deal comes after a six-week strike and includes movement on many of the key issues that led the union to walk off the job.

4 years ago

A flag bearing Temple University's logo flies at half-staff.
Community

Temple University Police Department receives $1.7 million for campus security upgrades

Temple says the money will be used for tech upgrades, including gunshot detection devices, license plate readers, and CCTV cameras.

4 years ago

Sybrina Fulton, Loretta Prater, and a moderator sit onstage.
Community

Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks at Univ. of Delaware’s ‘Black Mothers and Police Violence’ forum

The mothers of Trayvon Martin and Leslie Prater spoke about grief, police brutality, and how to make change during a forum at the University of Delaware.

4 years ago

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File photo: The New Jersey State House is seen in Trenton, N.J.
Education

College affordability advocates push for a ban on scholarship award displacement at all New Jersey universities

In 2021, New Jersey became the second U.S. state to ban the practice at public universities under certain circumstances.

4 years ago

Jefferson University Hospital in Center City
Health
Billy Penn

Philly has 4 medical schools, yet 1 in 5 residents don’t have a primary care provider | Opinion

When your caretakers can’t even get care, something is seriously wrong.

4 years ago

Madison and Haley pose with a newly-born filly that is laying in the straw. The mare, the foal's mom, is visible in the background.
Education

‘Foal cam’ offers ‘miraculous’ look at next generation of Pennsylvania-born race horses

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association and Delaware Valley University in Doylestown offer a glimpse at the miracle of equine birth live.

4 years ago

People walk by signs emblazoned with Temple's logo.
Education

Temple faculty still deciding on ‘no confidence’ vote

The Temple Association of University Professionals’ executive committee plans on meeting Monday “to discuss a path forward, which may include a vote of no confidence.”

4 years ago

This file photo from Nov. 9, 2017 shows the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa. The former house manager of a now-defunct Penn State fraternity where a pledge fell during a night of hazing and drinking and later died has been placed on two years' probation on a hindering apprehension conviction. Braxton Becker, 23, of Niskayuna, N.Y., was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and do 100 hours of community service on the conviction stemming from the Feb. 2017 death of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza of Lebanon, N.J.
Education

6 years after hazing death, Penn State plans to drop the Greek life oversight it championed

Penn State agreed to tighten some of its Greek life rules as part of its settlement with the Piazza family. Six years later, the new administration appears to be easing them.

4 years ago

A group of people hold signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
NPR
Courts & Law

Conservative and liberals split at Supreme Court over Biden student loan plan

A majority of the court's conservatives indicating great skepticism over the president's loan-forgiveness plan.

4 years ago

students protesting outside of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Student loan forgiveness gets its day in court: What to know

The Supreme Court is meeting Tuesday to hear two cases challenging President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

4 years ago

FILE - New graduates walk into the High Point Solutions Stadium before the start of the Rutgers University graduation ceremony in Piscataway Township, N.J., on May 13, 2018. The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. It's a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court student loan case: The arguments explained

So far, Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president's plan from going into effect.

4 years ago

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