
Higher Education
Cheyney: A balanced budget and more money for scholarships
Cheyney University came out of the weekend with a pair of victories.
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Rider U. to move Westminster Choir College out of Princeton
After a sale to a Chinese company fell through, Rider University wants to move Westminster College off its campus of 87 years. A legal challenge mounts.
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FBI urges universities to monitor some Chinese students and scholars in the U.S.
American research universities are being encouraged to develop protocols for monitoring students and visiting scholars from Chinese state-affiliated research institutions.
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Cheyney, Lincoln universities receive awards from UNCF
The United Negro College Fund recently announced that it has awarded Cheyney University and Lincoln University, two of the nation’s oldest historically black universities.
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Three Pa. med schools tapped for medical marijuana research programs
The Health Department says it plans to approve five more partnerships between marijuana growers and research centers this summer.
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2020 race brings free college back to the national stage
After receding from the national stage, the free college movement is resurfacing as a central rallying point for Democrats as they set their sights on the White House.
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Pennsylvania’s student debt crisis
Pennsylvania ranks No. 1 in the nation for student debt. Why is the debt burden is so high here and how is that affecting the way students and grads live?
Air Date: June 6, 2019
Listen 13:23Former professor says University of Delaware tenure process stifles diversity
A former professor at the University of Delaware says the refusal to grant her tenure is part of a pattern of discrimination against black women faculty.
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Listen 6:02Princeton alumni, students protest over panelist representing Brett Kavanaugh
Supported by a student group demanding Title IX reforms, a panel member walked out over the inclusion of a lawyer representing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Jury finds former Penn State fraternity brother guilty of hindering investigation
To find Becker guilty of hindering, the jurors needed to believe that he concealed or destroyed evidence for a police investigation and that he did so intentionally.
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Trial starts over video deletion related to Penn State frat death
A former Penn State fraternity brother erased security camera footage from the night a pledge died because he knew it would be damaging.
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A good deed goes through ‘Black enough’ blender
Philanthropist Robert F. Smith spread a balm over the wounds that accumulate as a result of the day-to-day indignities that go hand-in-hand with being Black in America.
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Pelosi downplays spat with Trump in Pennsylvania appearance
Speaker Pelosi was in Delaware County to promote plans to make college more affordable. Asked about her war of words with President Trump she said, “I’m not even going there."
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Morehouse grad with local ties: ‘I’m free’
“I feel free; I have my life back,” said Ahmad Smith, who has roots in Philadelphia. “Not only am I now an educated Morehouse man, I’m a debt-free Morehouse man."
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Robert Smith pledges to pay off student loans for Morehouse College’s Class of 2019
Billionaire investor and philanthropist Robert Smith said Sunday he is eliminating student debt for the entire 2019 graduating class at Morehouse College.
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