Higher Education

Studies show criminal records checks do not make campuses safer — but they discriminate against Black applicants.

After his parents went into sanctuary to avoid deportation, CJ Thompson worked nights to help pay the family mortgage. Now, he’s been accepted to Columbia University.

A month ago, the state’s flagship university said it planned a mix of in-person and virtual learning. Now only “select” classes will be held in-person.

As the start of classes inches closer, more and more colleges are rolling back their earlier, more optimistic proclamations of an in-person or hybrid fall.

Many international students won’t be able to make it to their U.S. college campuses for the fall semester because of travel restrictions and closed U.S. consulate offices.

The complaint said university bylaws require 10 days notice for a special meeting and bars discussion of topics not included in the notice.

Neither the University of Delaware nor Delaware State University will play football or other fall sports this fall.

Allen said in the lawsuit that board members violated the Sunshine Act by voting on her contract in a four-hour executive session on July 10 and “stifling public comment."

Most universities have decided that at least some in-person instruction will resume this fall. But as coronavirus cases continue to surge, students and faculty are concerned.

Villanova’s president made immediate changes, while Penn says little.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the decision as a court hearing was getting underway on a challenge to the rule.

Delaware parents will have to wait until August to learn how the state plans to restart schools.

This week; City Council President Clarke on the uptick in city violence, Delaware HBCU Delaware State University acquires Wesely College, and the return of the lanternfly.

Delaware State, a historically Black university, has signed an agreement to take over Dover’s Wesley College, which has been struggling financially.

A new Trump administration rule limiting online classes for international students has thrown the tens of thousands of students enrolled in Pa. universities into uncertainty.