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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Education

The future of higher education

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.

Air Date: July 16, 2020

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'Black at' Philly colleges
Community
Billy Penn

Filled with stories of discrimination, ‘Black at’ Philly college pages get mixed results

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

6 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

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

6 years ago

Delaware parents will have to wait until August to learn how the state plans to restart schools. (AP Photo/Suchat Pederson)
Community

Del. coronavirus recovery: Decision on schools pushed to August

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

6 years ago

The spotted lanternfly is spreading through Southeast Pennsylvania. It was spotted for the first time in the United States in Berks County. (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 07/13/2020

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.

Air Date: July 13, 2020 10:00 am

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Delaware State University
Education

Delaware State Univ. to make historic acquisition of Wesley College

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

6 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘I thought it was a hoax’: Pa. students, universities respond to Trump restrictions for international visas

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.

6 years ago

Delaware health officials have ramped up testing at the Delaware beaches. (Courtesy of Delaware National Guard)
Community

Del. coronavirus recovery: Gov. Carney bristles as Delaware added to N.J., N.Y, Connecticut quarantine list

Gov. Carney is perturbed that Delaware is on the 14-day quarantine list for nearby states, saying it’s recent spike at the beach is being addressed.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Education

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

New federal guidelines say international students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall.

6 years ago

Penn State's Old Main administrative building. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Health

First Penn State student dies from COVID-19

The student was living off campus in State College when he began to feel ill. He traveled to his home in Allentown on June 19, then was tested for COVID-19 the next day.

6 years ago

This Dec. 3, 2015 file photograph shows the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)
Education

Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school

Princeton announced plans to remove the name of the former president from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing an earlier decision.

6 years ago

The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Russ Walker/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

College consolidations coming? Plan to shake up higher-ed in Pa. moves forward

The new measure would give more power to a state board of higher education and could lead to schools being closed or consolidated.

6 years ago

Delaware State University
Community

Del. coronavirus recovery: University raises $1 million emergency fund

The emergency fund designed to help Delaware State University students hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown has reached its $1 million goal.

6 years ago

Deja Bond graduated from New York University with a master’s degree in data science. Bond is the first African American woman get an advanced degree in data science from the university. — Courtesy of Deja Bond
Science
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly native is first African American woman to receive advanced degree in data science from NYU

Deja Bond earned a master’s degree from NYU Center for Data Science in May.

6 years ago

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia (Sage Ross / Flickr Creative Commons)
Community
Billy Penn

Penn likely to settle trans discrimination lawsuit after landmark Supreme Court ruling enshrines LGBTQ protections

The historic SCOTUS decision provides civil rights that were lacking in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

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