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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering Thursday at Burlington County College in Pemberton. Christie is backing away from the use of Common Core school standards, saying the system isn't working for students in New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP)
Education
NJ Spotlight

N.J. has weak system of state support for black and Latino college students, report shows

Higher education in N.J. is hobbled by inequities that leave many minority students ill-equipped for college and the job market, authors contend.

7 years ago

This Oct. 31, 2014, photo shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Courts & Law

Penn State frat death case plods ahead, but pared down

A string of guilty pleas has left just five defendants still fighting charges in the hazing-related death of Tim Piazza, a pledge at a Penn State fraternity two years ago.

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)
Education

Gov. Wolf stands against proposed Title IX changes

About $1 million dollars is going out to 38 colleges around the Commonwealth to fund efforts against campus sexual assault.

7 years ago

Widener University, Chester, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Widener pushing back as Chester installs parking meters on campus

The rate for parking at newly metered spaces on Widener University campus will be $2 an hour.

7 years ago

Jessica Cunningham Akoto, chief executive officer of KIPP Philadelphia.
Education

To keep its alumni in college, this Philly high school is handing out ‘microgrants’

KIPP Philadelphia heard from too many alumni who were leaving college for financial reasons. It’s now giving out scholarships to fix that.

7 years ago

The Google AI lab in Princeton. (Princeton University, Office of Communications, Denise Applewhite)
Science

Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton, N.J.

The company will focus on recruiting students, graduates, and others in the area to work on artificial intelligence, which powers features such as 'smart reply' in Gmail.

7 years ago

Hank Willis Thomas' Afro pick sculpture,
Arts & Entertainment

Black Power Afro pick sculpture takes root at Philadelphia museum

The piece engaged 80,000 passers-by who stopped specifically to look at the sculpture or ask about it over three months.

7 years ago

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The University of Delaware's football stadium will get overhauled and a new athletic training complex will be constructed as part of a $60 million effort. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Education

University of Delaware starts work on new athletic complex

The athletic center will be named after 1980 UD graduate Ken Whitney and his wife Elizabeth, who donated $10 million to help fund the construction.

7 years ago

Listen 1:10
Tieyuan Zhu, (left), and Eugene Morgan of Pennsylvania State University are part of a research team studying carbon storage. They are pictured here with a model that helps explain how carbon dioxide moves through rock underground.
(Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

At Penn State, researchers push for answers on carbon capture: Will it stay where we put it?

Technology is seen as key to lessening the effects of climate change.

7 years ago

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos attends an event at the White House. (Cheriss May/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Department of Education to refund, forgive $150M in student loan debt

The U.S. Department of Education is sending emails to about 15,000 people who took out loans for colleges that shut down between Nov. 1, 2013, and Dec. 4, 2018.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses members of the University of Delaware Board of Trustees after an announcement was made that UD's school of public policy will be renamed in his honor Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (Saquan Stimpson/for WHYY)
Education

University of Delaware names public policy school after Joe Biden

University President Dennis Assanis salutes the former vice president's role in bringing the school added prominence.

7 years ago

Listen 1:33
A woman walks past a Wells Fargo location in view of City Hall, left, in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 11, 2017.
Education

Wells Fargo tops government report on fees paid by students

Wells Fargo charges students the most in fees on average to have a bank account, according to a government report.

7 years ago

A second grade class in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

Rutgers researcher finds no evidence N.J. superintendent salary cap saved school districts money

The New Jersey superintendent salary cap instead resulted in a higher probability that superintendents across the state would quit.

7 years ago

Kim Cooney, director of student success at Chestnut Hill College, meets with senior Erin Crowley. After changing her major, she took extra classes so she could graduate on time. Chestnut Hill started a program this year to get more students to choose a major by sophomore year. (Saquan Stimpson for The Hechinger Report)
Education

The high cost of switching college majors

One national survey of freshmen found that about 9 percent were undecided; after they’ve picked a major, one third change their minds at least once.

7 years ago

Listen 5:16
Princeton University's Blair Tower photographed from above (Alan Tu/WHYY)
NPR
Education

Top colleges seeking diversity from a new source: Transfer students

When applying to many of the nation's top universities, if you aren't accepted in that first round of admissions, you're not likely to get in. Some are trying to change that.

7 years ago

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