Higher Education

Under the Scarlet Guarantee, tuition is free for undergraduate students making less than $65,000 a year.

First-time students at Community College of Philadelphia honor civil rights activist Octavius Catto using a scholarship in his name to get an education.

With the pause on student loan payments now set to expire at the beginning of May, people are anxious and scammers are swooping in.

Thomas continued her strong showing at the Ivy League swimming championships, setting more records while claiming her second title two days.

Lena Champlin, Jeremy Wortzel, and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry wrote a children’s book about climate change and anxiety.

The governor hopes to start a new scholarship program for college students. Pa. still ranks at the bottom among states in the level of aid it offers for higher education.

Fueled by the national reckoning with racial injustice, opponents say they are gaining momentum in the battle over the contentious policy of legacy preferences.

“It's unfortunate that she is under this incredible microscope,” said a researcher about the flurry of debate over Thomas’ participation.

An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The goal is to give employee status to college athletes.

Lawyers for Xiaoxing Xi and his wife say in a brief filed Monday with a Philadelphia-based appeals court that a judge erred last year when he dismissed most of the claims.

The English major, who fell hard for the show during the pandemic, could hardly believe she made it on.

The Court will revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear cases challenging the use of race as one factor in admissions at Harvard.

Temple University students can no longer wear cloth masks when they return to classes on Monday. Students who do not have an upgraded mask can pick one up on campus.

Cases are spiking on college campuses because, despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant, most schools are beginning their spring semesters in-person.

The Valiants of Philadelphia, a fraternal society of Black and Latino firefighters in Pennsylvania, helped organize the safety effort.