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Higher Education

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

College students in Philly and beyond are struggling to afford food, housing

The Hope Center at Temple University released the results of a yearlong survey finding a majority of college students cannot afford basic life necessities.

5 years ago

Protesters march on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania demanding the school and Drexel University pay PILOTS to support Philadelphia schools on March 30, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Protesters again push Drexel, Penn to pay PILOTs to Philly public schools

Activists, including students, teachers, and community members, want the universities to contribute 40% of the property taxes they don't pay to the district.

5 years ago

University of Pennsylvania's campus.
Education
Billy Penn

Drive-thru graduation? How Philly colleges and universities plan to celebrate commencement 2021

Some schools are hosting in-person events, while others are staying virtual.

5 years ago

Rutgers University in New Brunswick
Health

Rutgers will require COVID-19 vaccinations in the fall — the first major university to do so

With a few exceptions, Rutgers University students will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

5 years ago

A protester holds up a sign that says ''Cancel Student Debt''
Radio Times
Education

Should we cancel student debt?

Student debt has exploded in recent years to $1.7 trillion. Is President Biden's proposal to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt enough or should we erase it all?

Air Date: March 25, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
Temple first-year student Brianna Boone's home learning setup
Education
Billy Penn

Battling college ‘Zoom exhaustion’: Temple students and profs on a year of online learning

Even when professors make an effort, connections with peers are missing.

5 years ago

Students on the campus of Kutztown University
Health

How COVID-19 made stressing over starting college even more intense

For the Classes of 2020 and 2021, anxiety can be high if you took a gap year, or didn’t. If you applied away from home, or didn’t.

5 years ago

Listen 1:08
OHSU School of Medicine student Mollie Marr stands in front of a whiteboard holding a laptop. She helps organize a letter-writing campaign for students to share personal stories about the impact of losing a proposed tax waiver for tuition for graduate students, December 1, 2017. Marr is pursuing her M.D. and her Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience in the OHSU School of Medicine, and losing the tax waiver could mean dropping out of OHSU. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
The Pulse
Health

Should medical schools require a standardized test for admission?

The MCAT is supposed to gauge future success. But it can also be a financial barrier to underrepresented groups.

5 years ago

Listen 13:38
The goal seemed pretty clear cut, to enroll a medical school class containing at least 3,000 students of color by the year 2000. Why did it fail? (MicroOne / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

3000 by 2000: A history of the visionary campaign to diversify med schools, and what got in its way

The goal seemed pretty clear cut, to enroll a medical school class containing at least 3,000 students of color by the year 2000. Why did it fail?

5 years ago

Listen 11:30
First day of classes for the Fall 2020 semester: Lydia Timmins, Assistant Professor of Communications, kicks off her Fall Semester 2020 class
Health

Del.’s COVID-19 outbreak started at UD one year ago. Campus life may never be the same

Today marks one year since Del. announced a UD professor tested positive for COVID-19, its first confirmed case. Here’s how the college experience may change permanently.

5 years ago

Listen 4:51
Drexel forward T.J. Bickerstaff (23) shoots over Elon forward Simon Wright (33) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the Colonial Athletic Association men's tournament championship in Harrisonburg, Va., Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Lin)
Community

Drexel’s headed to NCAAs for the first time in 25 years

The Dragons, whose last NCAA appearance came in 1996 as a member of the America East Conference, were 10 of 17 from 3-point range and went 29 of 51 in their three wins.

5 years ago

Rutgers University (Marcus Biddle for WHYY)
Education

Rutgers to divest its $1.6 billion endowment from fossil fuels

The boards of governors and trustees approved a plan to stop any new fossil fuel investments and pull out of index funds and private investments tied to the industry.

5 years ago

Mo Williams
Community

At the NBA All-Star Game, HBCUs will take center stage

Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta is generating $3 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, through donations to scholarship funds.

5 years ago

University of Pennsylvania students play a game on a snowy quad. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

When campus is not a bubble, how does a university enforce physical distancing rules?

Thousands of university students live in Philadelphia — off campus. Their pandemic parties and study sessions are not pleasing the neighbors.

5 years ago

Villanova University's campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education
NBC10

Villanova student accused of sexually assaulting 4 female students on campus

A spokesperson for Villanova University said they immediately launched an investigation and the male student is no longer on campus.

5 years ago

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