Higher Education

Members of Temple University’s faculty and staff are demanding that classes be held remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Testing for America, a new nonprofit will help Delaware State University with the frequent testing of up to 3,000 of its students, staff and faculty.

Several Philly area universities are planning virtual classes while still inviting students back to campus. A Penn prof says schools can't justify that hybrid approach.

A Chester County judge has ordered the Lincoln University Board of Trustees to reinstate Brenda Allen as president of the university, effective immediately.

Stockton University is renting 400 hotel rooms in a former Atlantic City casino to help spread out students this fall amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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.