Higher 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 2:46New 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.
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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.
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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.
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Pa. lawmakers debate plan to consolidate state universities
Democrats are skeptical of the projected savings and worry about job loss. PASSHE leaders say inaction will lead to “worse outcomes.”
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This week; consolidating Pa.'s universities, the potential for Pa. to lose a congressional seat, and Persian poet Fatemeh Shams.
Air Date: May 3, 2021 12:00 am
Listen 49:00Pandemic pomp and circumstance: Graduation looks different this year (again)
As an academic year like no other comes to an end, colleges and universities are celebrating their graduates in a variety of ways.
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Philly high school puts low-income students on path to undergraduate degree with less debt
Of the students who made it through four years at Parkway Middle College, 95% are graduating with both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree.
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‘We are not subjects of study!’: Protesters march on Penn Museum to decry handling of MOVE remains
The marchers called for an investigation into how bones thought to be from children killed in the 1985 bombing ended up floating around Ivy League universities for decades.
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Pa. moves forward on plan to merge 6 state universities into 2
The plan calls for three universities in the northeastern part of the state to merge, as well as three schools in the west.
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Delaware legislature one step closer to expanding SEED scholarship eligibility
Delaware legislation aiming to expand eligibility for its SEED scholarship passed in the State Senate Tuesday.
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