Higher Education
Mumps outbreak sends Temple students, staff lining up for free MMR vaccines
More than a hundred Temple University students have come down with the mumps over the last month. The school is offering two free clinics this week.
6 years ago
N.J. Gov. Murphy pledges to make higher education more accessible, affordable
Announcing his statewide plan for higher education Tuesday, which he said the state has lacked for years, Gov. Murphy emphasized the need among students for work experience.
6 years ago
How admissions really work: If the college admissions scandal shocked you, read this
There are lots of legal ways that wealthy students get into America's top schools.
6 years ago
Democratic Pa. state senators propose student loan debt relief
Three Pennsylvania state senate Democrats are launching a plan to help people with student loan debt.
6 years ago
Can a slate of technical education bills help Pennsylvanians?
Pa.'s Democrats and Republicans have come to a rare detente on one economic issue: boosting career and technical education in a bid to get people into higher-paying jobs.
6 years ago
Trump and universities in fight over free speech, federal research funding
The president promised to do something about what he called a political climate on liberal college campuses that chills discourse.
6 years ago
Temple will hold free MMR vaccine clinics amid mumps outbreak
The university will have two walk-in clinics next week to offer the measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — at no charge — to members of the school community.
6 years ago
Harvard profits from photos of slaves, lawsuit claims
Tamara Lanier says "Papa Renty" is the patriarch of her family and that Harvard is using those photos without permission and profiting from photos taken by a racist professor.
6 years ago
Mumps outbreak at Temple University up to 74 cases, but school closing unlikely
In the face of a rising number of mumps cases, Temple University officials don't plan to shut the school. They are considering providing booster shots at no charge.
6 years ago
How the college admissions system favors the privileged and disadvantages most everyone else
Even before dozens of parents were charged with paying bribes to universities all over the country, the university system has always been rigged to favor some over others.
Air Date: March 20, 2019
Listen 49:44After 24 years, men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli out at St. Joe’s
In 2003-2004, he was named AP coach of the year after leading the Hawks to an undefeated season.
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Down in the mumps: Why Temple students got the virus decades after development of a vaccine
Temple University's mumps outbreak started just before spring break earlier this month. Why would there be an outbreak of an illness we've had a vaccine for since the 1960s?
Air Date: March 18, 2019
Listen 13:22Shippensburg brews up courses to train Pa.’s craft beer workforce
In 2011, its economic impact on the state was just over $1 billion. By 2017, that figure grew to more than $6 billion.
6 years ago
Will whistle for work: Orchestra whistles tribute to Philly’s labor history
Temple art gallery has commissioned a UK artist to compose and assemble an orchestra of local whistlers in Philadelphia.
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Listen 3:36Bribery scandal involving ex-Penn coach has students questioning admissions process
Penn students react to the school’s former basketball coach taking $300,000 to save a spot on the team for an unqualified player.
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