Higher Education

In 2012, after a distinguished career in higher education, Ruth J. Simmons retired and moved back to her home state. But after several years, Prairie View A&M came calling.

A shortage of physics teachers limits physics-taking, which limits the number of physics teachers

LaVerne Harmon’s elevation to the highest post at the nearly 50-year-old New Castle-based school was formalized Thursday during an inauguration ceremony at the Chase Center.

Philadelphia Council President Darrell Clarke says he won’t consider supporting the proposed stadium until the university wins over the community.

Hundreds of North Philadelphia residents, students and university staff gathered in Mitten Hall to hear Temple President Richard Englert discuss plans for the stadium.

We are nearing that tipping point where women no longer feel isolated or lonely. We want to make it “normal” for women to choose engineering.

Villanova students participating in “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” have been nurturing plants that might someday thrive in greenhouses 34 million miles from Earth.

The University of Delaware has announced plans to increase tuition for undergraduate students at its nursing, engineering and business schools.

The trainer, Tim Bream, will leave his job by the end of the month. He did not respond to an email seeking comment.

The university said it has been a century since it took away an honorary degree, but "credible" allegations against the men warranted the action.

Philly's American Philosophical Society takes on Cambridge's American Society of Arts and Sciences. It's Ben Franklin vs. John Adams all over again.

Temple University announced today that it is taking the next step forward on a controversial 35,000 seat stadium in the heart of North Philadelphia.

A former high school classmate of a University of Pennsylvania student found stabbed and buried in a California park was charged Wednesday with murder.

James Peterson, a Lehigh University faculty member and WHYY contributor, has resigned from the school amid an investigation into multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.

Delaware won three national titles under Raymond, using the innovative Wing-T offense the former mathematics major helped create. He died last month at 92.