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Higher Education

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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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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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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