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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Education

CCP is paying off tuition debt with emergency relief funds

The Community College of Philadelphia is paying off any outstanding tuition debt for about 3,500 students.

4 years ago

University of Delaware's campus in Newark
Education

University of Delaware to explore slavery legacy at the Newark campus

UD joins a consortium studying how the work of people held in slavery, or those who held people as slaves, influenced the history of the schools.

4 years ago

Penn State linebacker Brandon Smith (12) tackles Rutgers quarterback Johnny Langan (21) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Piscataway, N.J. (Adam Hunger / AP Photo)
Education
WITF

College athletic departments gear up for student endorsement deals

Some of the state’s colleges and universities are lining up programs to help student athletes make money from their name, image or likeness.

4 years ago

A Temple University building is pictured in Philadelphia
Education

Temple University tuition for in-state students rises for the first time in two years

Come fall, in-state tuition will be $16,488 a year; out-of-state, $29,712. The university says it offset costs with budget cuts to keep tuition low.

4 years ago

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Education

Rutgers-Camden welcomes award-winning scholar as chancellor

Antonio Tillis comes to Rutgers-Camden after years with the University of Houston system. He said he’s excited to continue working with first-generation college students.

4 years ago

Delaware State University's acquisition of Wesley College in Dover includes 21 campus buildings like DuPont Hall, seen here. (Del. State University)
Education

Delaware State becomes first HBCU to acquire another school with takeover of Wesley College

The acquisition is a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity for Delaware’s HBCU, says DSU president Tony Allen.

4 years ago

Joe Biden, at the time a former VP, with Amy Gutmann during a roundtable discussion in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 JOSEPH KACZMAREK / AP PHOTO
Education
Billy Penn

UPenn president reported as Biden’s pick for ambassador to Germany

Amy Gutmann’s 15-year tenure at the West Philly university hasn’t been without controversy.

4 years ago

A headshot of Dr. Jason Wingard
Education

Jason Wingard to make history as Temple University’s first Black president

Wingard, a West Chester native, will be the first Black president in the university’s 137-year history.

4 years ago

Penn State faculty members are calling for more input from professors, students and staff in picking the next president of the university to replace Eric Barron, who is retiring in 2022. (Min Xian / WPSU)
Education
WPSU

Penn State faculty call for more input in picking next president

More than 700 have signed an online petition started by Professor of Media Studies Mary Beth Oliver in support of more academic involvement in the search. 

4 years ago

Nicholas Sugiarto, of San Diego, Calif., a student at Dartmouth College, stands for a photograph on the school's campus, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Community

Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand

Ongoing anti-Asian attacks along with the March massage business shootings in Georgia that left six Asian women dead have provoked national conversations about visibility.

4 years ago

Delaware State University
Money

Delaware State cancels $730,000 in student debt

Recent Delaware State graduates will have more than $3,200 of their outstanding debt canceled by the university to offset financial hardships related to COVID-19.

4 years ago

Students take part in the University of Delaware's Project Music, a music workshop program that moved online this year to help students maintain access to arts education. (Screenshot via Zoom)
Education

Univ. of Delaware’s Project MUSIC helps young students connect to song, and each other

The University of Delaware’s Project MUSIC helps elementary and middle school students connect to music and dance through online workshops.

4 years ago

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Students wearing masks on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Education

New scholarship program to help foster children get through college

When kids leave foster care they have to make a decision: A job, or college? A new scholarship program tries to tip the scales toward education.

4 years ago

Daniel Greenstein speaks at a press conference.
Education

Pa.’s state university system adopts strategy to address campus racism

Students who pushed officials to address campus racism said the board’s unanimous vote was heartening. Still, they’re withholding higher praise until they see results.

4 years ago

The campus at University of Delaware.
Education

University of Delaware to require student vaccinations

All students who return to campus at the University of Delaware this fall will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under new guidelines issued by school leaders.

4 years ago

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