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Higher Education

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Radio Times
Education

How the college admissions system favors the privileged and disadvantages most everyone else

Even before dozens of parents were charged with paying bribes to universities all over the country, the university system has always been rigged to favor some over others.

Air Date: March 20, 2019

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In this March 10, 2018, file photo Saint Joseph's head coach Phil Martelli directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball semifinal game against Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament in Washington. Saint Joseph's fired Martelli on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, after 24 seasons. The 64-year-old Martelli became head coach in 1995 after 10 years as an assistant.  (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Community

After 24 years, men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli out at St. Joe’s

In 2003-2004, he was named AP coach of the year after leading the Hawks to an undefeated season.

7 years ago

Registered nurse Nicole Rodriguez draws a dose of mumps vaccine at the Temple student health center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Health

Down in the mumps: Why Temple students got the virus decades after development of a vaccine

Temple University's mumps outbreak started just before spring break earlier this month. Why would there be an outbreak of an illness we've had a vaccine for since the 1960s?

Air Date: March 18, 2019

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Brad Moyer goes over the beginning steps of home brewing during a class at Shippensburg University.
(Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Education
PA Post

Shippensburg brews up courses to train Pa.’s craft beer workforce

In 2011, its economic impact on the state was just over $1 billion. By 2017, that figure grew to more than $6 billion.

7 years ago

Bria Blauvelt rehearses with the newly formed Whistling Orchestra of Philadelphia. She traveled from her home in Egg Harbor Township for the opportunity to put her talent to work with a group. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Will whistle for work: Orchestra whistles tribute to Philly’s labor history

Temple art gallery has commissioned a UK artist to compose and assemble an orchestra of local whistlers in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

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Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Education

Bribery scandal involving ex-Penn coach has students questioning admissions process

Penn students react to the school’s former basketball coach taking $300,000 to save a spot on the team for an unqualified player.

7 years ago

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William
Courts & Law

‘He’s shady’: Ringleader in elite college scandal irritated others

Singer, 58, is at the center of one of biggest college admissions scandals on record, accused of conspiring with wealthy parents to pay bribes to get into prestigious schools.

7 years ago

University of Delaware (DAPSS Yearbook/Flickr)
Education

New effort to curb unruly parties at the University of Delaware

Newark is taking aim at the University of Delaware’s party school reputation with a new ordinance to combat unruly ‘super parties.’

7 years ago

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Sharell Reddin was the president of the Student Government Association when Cheyney University celebrated its 180th anniversary in 2017 under a cloud of uncertainty. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
The Why
Education

Can Cheyney survive? Why America’s first historically black university is struggling

Over the last several years, Cheyney University has struggled to stay afloat. Now, it looks like it has a recovery plan. Will it survive and what's at stake for students?

Air Date: March 13, 2019

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FBI Special Agent in Charge Boston Division Joseph Bonavolonta, (left), and U.S. Attorney for District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling, (right), face reporters as they announce indictments in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal during a news conference, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Celebs, coaches charged in college bribery scheme

Federal authorities called it the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department, with parents paying an estimated $25 million in bribes.

7 years ago

Attendants watch the showcase of a live video conference during an open house event at the Northern Pennsylvanian Regional College in Warren, Pa. (Photo by Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Challenged by college cost and access, students in rural Pa. find tech-based alternative

Students in rural Pennsylvania face two big obstacles to college completion: cost and access. A new college is out to change that.

7 years ago

This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo shows a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif.  The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 — and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo, File)
Health

After mumps outbreak, Temple will require new students to be vaccinated

The university is preparing, in case there are more cases of the flulike illness as students return from spring break. Current policy doesn’t require them to be vaccinated.

7 years ago

(Maria Fabrizio for NPR)
NPR
Education

One reason rural students don’t go to college: Colleges don’t go to them

"People tend to overlook the rural areas. I think it's kind of disappointing because some able students could get looked over."

7 years ago

Cheyney University President Aaron Walton describes the school's plan to secure solvency and accreditaton. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Cheyney plans sweeping changes to secure its future — and accreditation

As it faces a November decision on whether it will keep its accreditation, the school plans an aggressive fundraising campaign and several partnerships.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 14, 2019 photo, Jennifer Gilbert Jenkins, assistant professor at the State University of New York Morrisville displays some cannabis seeds at the university in Morrisville, N.Y. In upstate New York, the state college in Morrisville is launching a cannabis studies minor in the horticulture department. (Mary Esch/AP Photo)
Education

Higher education: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum

A growing number of colleges are adding cannabis to the curriculum to prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.

7 years ago

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