Higher Education

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced that over 323,000 borrowers who have significant and permanent disabilities will qualify for the relief from student loan debt.

College students are heading back to campus this month — and with the delta variant spreading, many aren't sure what to expect from this school year.

Canceling student debt, many advocates argue, is one of the fastest ways to close the Black-white wealth gap.

Philadelphia announced Friday that students and staff of city colleges will need to be vaccinated by October 15.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said it’s meant to give borrowers enough time to prepare for their payments to resume.

Students heading to the University of Delaware this fall will have to don masks at nearly all indoor campus locations, school officials announced Friday.

Delaware State University vacated a small satellite facility in downtown Wilmington eight years ago. Political leaders applaud the HBCU’s return to the city.

The school is also urging students and employees to get vaccinated. Anyone not fully vaccinated by Aug. 9 will be required to undergo virus testing during the fall semester.

A Philadelphia-based group surprised 20 students at home and work with a scholarship and some hope for a better future.

The Delco HBCU said that in light of the hardships students and their families have experienced, it will forgive some unpaid student balances.

Survey reveals Black male students have experienced the most challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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.

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

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.