Higher Education

Former Penn coach Jerome Allen was hit a 15-year show-cause penalty after he accepted $300,000 in bribes to get a wealthy Florida businessman's son into the university.

The Department of State is urging schools to join a competition to see who can get the most students on the rolls for November’s election.

Temple is taking precautions at its Rome and Tokyo campuses as the number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus grows in Italy and Japan.

American Academic Health System will put up $6.3 million for “tail coverage.” An insurance entity also owned by Joel Freedman will pay $12 million.

The former president of a Temple University fraternity has been convicted in an attempted sexual assault case but acquitted of sex assault charges in another case.

There is no set time limit for how long students who come to the U.S. for college can stay. The Trump administration says that is a problem.

Foster kids find themselves at a crossroads when they turn 18. The Carney administration initiative aims to encourage more to continue their education.

Phoebe A. Haddon, chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden, has been named chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Temple University students are learning more than journalism skills while covering the New Hampshire primary.

The Fair Play Act would allow college athletes to strike endorsement deals using their name, image, or likeness. But critics and a time lag are working against the move.

The groups says the move to take $204 million from a $250-million fund would result in “the end of horse racing in Pennsylvania."

Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to tackle college debt in this year’s budget hinges on a massive new scholarship program

Students would be required to develop a plan for completing their studies that college officials would monitor

The 14 Pennsylvania state universities hope to reduce the number of university faculty members by offering an incentive for professors eligible for retirement.

The felony theft charges come roughly three months after Drexel University agreed to pay the federal government nearly $190,000 to avoid a potential lawsuit.