Higher Education

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.