
Higher Education
Delaware non-profit celebrates young women on the move
The Great Taste Design Foundation will host its first Girls Empowerment Celebration on Saturday. The goal is to raise money for its schol ...
8 years ago
Criticisms of American college life split on party lines, Gallup poll shows
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. o ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:41Ex-UD coaches claim age, sexual orientation led to firings
Two former volleyball coaches are suing the University of Delaware, claiming they were fired based on their age, sexual orientation and m ...
8 years ago
Lehigh University student petition calls for revoking Trump’s honorary degree
Students and graduates of Lehigh University are urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after his comme ...
8 years ago
Philadelphia rolls out plan to put social workers in city schools
When some kids in the School District of Philadelphia return to school next month, they may notice some new faces. A pilot program ...
8 years ago
New Jersey needs more workers with voc-tech training
A new bipartisan legislative panel will look into addressing a shortage of middle-skilled workers in New Jersey. Melanie Willoughb ...
8 years ago
Immigrant student gets Wesleyan scholarship, thanks to TeenSHARP
The nonprofit has helped dozens of students from the Philadelphia region get accepted to top schools, now TeenSHARP is branching out ...
8 years ago
Should we forgive student debt for young farmers?
Farmers in the U.S. are getting older, and some say we should forgive the student loan debt of aspiring farmers to prevent a shortage in ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:40Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson universities to merge
In the world of higher education, one plus one equals one. Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University are merging. He ...
8 years ago
Does technology exacerbate educational inequality?
Designer, engineer, and educator Leah Buechley has spent her career encouraging kids, particularly girls, to experiment creatively with t ...
8 years ago
Toxic masculinity is to blame for fraternity hazing deaths
The tragic and senseless death of ...
8 years ago
Rowing has been a path toward leadership, overcoming fear
My morning path to school is the same every day. The streets are lined with trash, broken glass, and aged needles as a reminder of the chaos from the night before.
8 years ago
New Jersey will soon have a shortage of college students
New Jersey will experience about a 20 percent decline in the number of high school graduates through 2030, according to a recent report, ...
8 years ago
Notre Dame commencement protesters chose the wrong time and place
When I heard that a group of disgruntled Notre Dame students marched out of the graduation ceremonies in less-than-silent protest this we ...
8 years ago
The negative effects of implicit bias in schools
Last week at Colgate University in central New York, reports of a black male carrying a gun — which in reality was a Colgate student ca ...
8 years ago