Higher Education
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cheyney: A balanced budget and more money for scholarships
Cheyney University came out of the weekend with a pair of victories.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Listen 13:23Former professor says University of Delaware tenure process stifles diversity
A former professor at the University of Delaware says the refusal to grant her tenure is part of a pattern of discrimination against black women faculty.
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Listen 6:02Princeton alumni, students protest over panelist representing Brett Kavanaugh
Supported by a student group demanding Title IX reforms, a panel member walked out over the inclusion of a lawyer representing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Jury finds former Penn State fraternity brother guilty of hindering investigation
To find Becker guilty of hindering, the jurors needed to believe that he concealed or destroyed evidence for a police investigation and that he did so intentionally.
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Trial starts over video deletion related to Penn State frat death
A former Penn State fraternity brother erased security camera footage from the night a pledge died because he knew it would be damaging.
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