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Higher Education

Drexel doctors join a protest outside Hahnemann Hospital on July 11, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Laid-off Drexel medical faculty, staff to keep tuition benefit after Hahnemann closure

In a letter Friday, the dean of the medical college said those who applied for tuition remission can still collect it for themselves and their dependents.

7 years ago

Penn Alexander students celebrate after learning their school was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
The Why
Education

How Drexel’s public school experiment could change West Philadelphia

Drexel University is building a public school on its campus border, much like the University of Pennsylvania did two decades ago. Will that accelerate gentrification?

Air Date: July 31, 2019

Listen 13:28
Princeton University
Politics & Policy

New Jersey targets growing student debt with new reforms

The laws are meant as safeguards for students across New Jersey who are taking on growing financial burdens to attain advanced degrees.

7 years ago

About 800 protesters gather outside Hahnemann Hospital, demanding that the facility remain open and closing the south bound lanes of North Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Hahnemann frees funding so medical residents can take new jobs

The owner of the hospital, which plans to close, announces it will free up the federal dollars trainee doctors need to seek employment elsewhere.

7 years ago

Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Penn Law dean: Prof’s comments were ‘bigoted’

The dean of the UPenn Law School issued a statement Tuesday, condemning a professor’s assertion that America “will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites."

7 years ago

Dozens of HBCU leaders heard from U.S. Rep. Alma Adams , the founder of the Congressional HBCU Caucus, at the 2019 HBCU Philanthropy Symposium hosted by Delaware State University at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Education

Amid ‘critical’ times for HBCUs, leaders share fundraising ideas in Dover

Leaders of historically black colleges and universities shared ideas for raising funds during challenging times at a forum hosted by Del. State University.

7 years ago

Diana Alvarez with her children (photo provided)
Health

For Drexel staffers in school, Hahnemann closure may mean dropping out

For Drexel University Physicians staff and their families who take classes, the planned layoffs and shift to Tower Health may mean end to free tuition.

7 years ago

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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.

7 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.

7 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

Listen 14:54
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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

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