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Higher Education

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein speaks at his alma mater, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Politics & Policy

Outgoing Deputy AG Rosenstein discusses DOJ tenure with Wharton students

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who’s endured jabs by President Trump, says his job means ignoring politics and carrying out the administration’s priorities.

6 years ago

Senior Christian Sanchez caries the flag as the Cheyney University Wolves enter the O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium for the
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. public universities ‘treading water’ with declining enrollment, higher than average tuition

Enrollment across the 14 state-owned schools has decreased by 18 percent since 2010, dropping to less than 100,000 students in fall 2018.

6 years ago

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

Penn State ex-president Spanier’s request for appeal denied

Graham Spanier, 70, had argued the trial judge and a lower appeals court wrongly relied on a statute of limitations law that prosecutors never cited.

6 years ago

Browne Hall on the quad at Cheyney University
Politics & Policy

Historically black colleges, universities get boost under measure sailing through Congress

Legislation to strengthen the partnership between historically black college and universities is on a fast track to become law.

6 years ago

Students who attended Scott Fried's program wear bracelets given to them by Fried that read,
Education

Philly Greek organizations apply policies, intervention to confront campus sex assault

Temple and Penn have updated policies as fraternities and sororities participate in efforts to raise awareness. But is it enough?

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Radio Times
Education

The student debt crisis

Student loan debt has more then doubled in the last decade to $1.5 trillion. We look at the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for tackling student debt.

Air Date: February 15, 2019 10:00 am

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(Hanna Barczyk for NPR)
NPR
Money

Scathing report on Dept. of Education's handling of student loans

Instead of safeguarding borrowers' interests, the report says, FSA's inconsistent oversight allowed these companies, known as loan servicers, to potentially hurt borrowers.

6 years ago

Shippensburg University is one of the 14 schools that make up the troubled Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education system. (AP photo)
Education

Pa. university system pledges to transform amid struggles, enrollment drop

The system of 14 universities had asked for an increase of almost $38 million, or 8 percent. Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase of $7 million, or 1.5 percent.

6 years ago

The University of Delaware wants state taxpayers to split the cost of paying tuition and fees for students from half of Delaware’s families. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

University of Delaware wants taxpayers to split cost of free-tuition plan for some residents

The University of Delaware spends $19 million a year on scholarships and financial aid for in-state students. It wants taxpayers to shoulder the same amount.

6 years ago

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Ardavia Lee, daughter of a fallen Wilmington firefighter, is embraced by members of the fire department after receiving a $25,000 scholarship. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Community

Daughter of fallen Wilmington firefighter receives national scholarship

Wilmington high school senior wins $25,000 scholarship in recognition of her hard work in overcoming adversity.

6 years ago

(Jon Marchione for NPR)
NPR
Money

Heavy student loan debt forces many millennials to delay buying homes

Homeownership rates for people ages 24 to 32 dropped nearly 9 percentage points between 2005 and 2014 — effectively driving down homeownership rates overall.

6 years ago

Evelyn Piazza, seated with her husband James, and son Michael, speaks during an interview on Monday May 15, 2017, in New York. The Piazza's talked about Timothy Piazza, 19, a brother, son and Penn State sophomore who died in February after he was put through a hazing ritual at his fraternity house and forced to drink dangerous amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Parents of Penn State pledge sue frat members over his death

Lawyers for Tim Piazza's parents announced the federal wrongful death lawsuit Friday and also disclosed they have reached a confidential monetary settlement with Penn State.

6 years ago

Two bills slated to come before committee Thursday hope to ease financial burdens on college students and their families and help them rehabilitate loans that are in default.
(Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Education
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers continue to chip away at boulder-sized problem of student debt

Two bills slated to come before committee Thursday hope to ease financial burdens on college students and their families and help them rehabilitate loans that are in default.

6 years ago

Before he died in 2005, Philadelphia city planner Edmund Bacon donated hundreds of photos to the Fisher Fine Arts Library. The photos arrived without identification, so now the library is making the collection available to the public via Flickr hoping that crowdsourcing will provide the answers. (Fisher Fine Arts Library)
Arts & Entertainment

Hive mind: What’s in these Ed Bacon photos?

Five thousand pictures of Philly in the 1960s and '70s were donated to Penn, without descriptions. The university is asking the internet for help.

6 years ago

We call physicians
The Pulse
Science

Who gets to be called ‘doctor’?

Go to med school, earn an M.D. and the “Dr.” honorific gets tacked on to your last name. Some women — and Ph.D.s — say they get the courtesy title, and respect, less often.

7 years ago

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