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Higher Education

SEIU union members rally inside the first floor of the Municipal Service Building to file a complaint against universities and hospitals, and a contractor for them who the union claims is not paying security workers the prevailing wage on Monday. (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Union files complaint against CCP, UPenn, Drexel, Temple, and more over wages for security officers

SEIU filed its labor complaint against Drexel University, CCP, St. Joseph University, Temple University, Temple University Hospital, UPenn, and the UPenn Health system.

6 years ago

Many adults in the U.S. take out student loans but never finish their degree — leaving them in a vicious cycle of debt (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

‘I’m drowning’: Those hit hardest by student loan debt never finished college

From mid-2014 to mid-2016, 3.9 million undergraduates with federal student loan debt dropped out, according to an analysis of federal data by The Hechinger Report.

6 years ago

Members of the Cheyney University marching band play in the stands during a football game against Lincoln University. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Education

Cheyney University’s survival plan

For years, Cheyney University's been on life support. Now, with a balanced budget & infusion of funds, America's first historically black university could be turning a corner.

Air Date: July 18, 2019

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In this photo from Friday, May 24, 2019, visitors walk through the campus of Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Tuition freeze forces Pa. State System of Higher Education to tighten how it manages money

Tuition for an in-state full-time student increased to $7,716 annually, last year, which was a 3 percent increase. The cost will remain the same in 2019-20.

6 years ago

Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Hahnemann plans to transfer most medical residents to Tower Health hospitals

Drexel College of Medicine and Hahnemann Hospital announced a shift of most residency programs to Philly region facilities managed by Tower Health.

6 years ago

(Hanna Barczyk for NPR)
NPR
Money

These are the people struggling the most to pay back student loans

Lots of people have student loans: more than 45 million people. They collectively owe about $1.6 trillion.

6 years ago

This is the fourth year Pennsylvania has given some of its colleges and universities money to help educate about and fight against sexual assault on campus. (Andy Matsko/The Republican-Herald via AP)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania orders stronger sex assault campus reporting

Pennsylvania's colleges and universities have a year to develop online, anonymous reporting systems to receive complaints about sexual assault from students and employees.

6 years ago

A flood abatement project in the Netherlands also aims to create a more attractive river landscape. It is one of 25 projects featured in the University of Pennsylvania's exhibit in tribute to landscape architect Ian McHarg. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Not over the hill: ‘Design With Nature,’ Ian McHarg’s landmark book of ecological design turns 50

The father of modern landscape design wrote the book that set the 1970s environmental movement on course.

6 years ago

Cheyney University needed to have a balanced budget by Sunday. (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Cheyney: A balanced budget and more money for scholarships

Cheyney University came out of the weekend with a pair of victories.

6 years ago

Westminster Choir College’s Williamson Hall in Princeton, NJ. (Provided)
Arts & Entertainment

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.

6 years ago

FBI headquarters (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

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.

6 years ago

Cheyney University President Dr. Aaron Walton speaks at the 2019 Philadelphia UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball. (Ronald Gray/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Money
The Philadelphia Tribune

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.

6 years ago

The number of medical marijuana patients has more than doubled in the last year. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
Science

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.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a campaign house party, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Windham, N.H. Candidates including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed plans to eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, while former Vice President Joe Biden and others back plans for free community college. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

Temple University students are shown at a May 2012 graduation ceremony. Pennsylvania college students graduate owing an average of $36,193.(Nathaniel Hamilton/for WHYY)
The Why
Education

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

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