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Education
NJ Spotlight

Some questions as N.J. expands free community college program

Lawmakers have a lot of questions about Gov. Phil Murphy’s free community college plan and they raised many of them at a budget hearing on higher education.

6 years ago

Congressman John Lewis addressed the 2019 class of Lincoln University during commencement Sunday (Bob Williams/Lincoln University)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Congressman John Lewis to Lincoln grads: ‘Get in good trouble’

Lewis said graduates will now join the ranks of well-known Lincoln graduates as NAACP lobbyist Clarence Mitchell, Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall, and poet Langston Hughes.

6 years ago

Camille Paglia in São Paulo in 2015. (Greg Salibian via Wikimedia Commons)
The Why
Education

Why students really called for prof Camille Paglia’s firing — and why UArts won’t do that

Recent student protests of professor Camille Paglia at University of the Arts reflect the larger debate about free speech on campus.

Air Date: May 7, 2019

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Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
The Why
Education

Why being a first-generation college student is uniquely hard

Your parents are still the biggest indicator of how successful you'll become.

Air Date: May 6, 2019

Listen 12:32
Hill Harper (The Philadelphia Tribune, file)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Good Doctor’ star to deliver graduation speech at Temple

Activist, author and actor Hill Harper will address the graduating class of Temple University's College of Education next week.

6 years ago

Students walk the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo, file)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

U.S. Small Business Administration needs to do more for HBCUs, Evans says

The U.S. Small Business Administration is not doing what it is supposed to do to help historically Black colleges and universities, Congressman Dwight Evans said this week.

6 years ago

Graham Spanier walks to the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Shapiro to appeal tossed conviction of Penn State’s former president

University's former leader, Graham Spanier, had been scheduled to begin serving two months in jail Wednesday in connection with the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

6 years ago

The Delta Upsilon fraternity on Swarthmore’s campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Swarthmore fraternities shut down after campus protests

Swarthmore’s only fraternities, Phi Psi and Delta Upsilon, say they hope their decision to disband will promote ‘healing.’

6 years ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction

A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier's misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday.

6 years ago

Rabbi Chaim Goldstein is the director of the Chabad House at Drexel University. His uncle, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, was injured in the shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Duties are duties’: Philly rabbi pushes on despite attack on uncle’s California synagogue

Rabbi Chaim Goldstein’s uncle lost a finger in the California synagogue attack. His courage has inspired Goldstein to persevere rather than mourn.

6 years ago

Swarthmore College students gather at the Phi Psi fraternity house during a sit-in, Monday, April 29, 2019, in Swarthmore, Pa. (AP Photo)
Community

Student protesters occupy Swarthmore fraternity house, want it closed

Students at Swarthmore College occupied a fraternity house after alleged documents describing some members' derogatory comments and sexual assault jokes were leaked.

6 years ago

Students walk on the campus of Cheyney University
Education

Pennsylvania colleges face steep enrollment declines in 2026

Enrollment has been falling at many Pennsylvania colleges and universities for nearly decade, since peak enrollment numbers in 2010.

6 years ago

In an untitled photograph from the Gum in the Landscape series, ca. 1975, Hannah Wilke places a chewing gum sculpture on a tree branch. (Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles/© Scharlatt, Licensed by VAGA at ARS, NY)
Arts & Entertainment

Unknown photos by feminist artist Hannah Wilke debut at Temple University

A series of unknown images by the 1970s radical feminist artist are on view at the Tyler School of Art’s Temple Contemporary gallery.

6 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pictured in this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

New Jersey enacts two laws to help students repay loans

One of the new laws will make it easier for borrowers struggling to pay off loans. The other allows borrowers who have defaulted on those loans to start an installment plan.

6 years ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Penn State ex-president asks US court to overturn conviction

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is asking a federal magistrate judge to overturn his conviction.

6 years ago

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