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Higher Education

Ryan Burke, one of the former fraternity members charged in the hazing death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, pleaded guilty Wednesday. (Min Xian/ WPSU)
Courts & Law

Penn State frat member gets house arrest over pledge death

The first member of a PSU frat to plead guilty in connection with the death of a pledge was sentenced to three months' house arrest.

7 years ago

With financial aid declining, many college students can't afford to eat, studies show, even though about 40 percent are also working. Nearly 1 in 4 college students are parents, which can add to their financial stress
NPR
Education

For many college students, hunger ‘makes it hard to focus’

Up to half of college students in recent published studies say they either are not getting enough to eat or are worried about it.

7 years ago

FILE – This Nov. 9, 2017, file photo shows Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house in State College, Pa. Centre County, Pa.,(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Education

Penn State launching national database to help evaluate Greek organizations after hazing death

The scorecard will include grade point averages, sexual assaults, alcohol and hazing violations, and community service hours.

7 years ago

Student picking book from bookshelf at university (bigstockphoto.com)
Education

With the new ‘Aim Higher Act,’ House Democrats want states to make community college free

House Democrats unveiled the Aim Higher Act this week, which they say would give students the opportunity to go to college debt free without compromising their education.

7 years ago

Stockton University's main campus in Galloway, N.J. (Google Maps)
Education

Claiming sexual assault, four women sue former frat, Stockton University

The school in Atlantic County, New Jersey, has faced four sexual-assault related lawsuits in one month.

7 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is proposing new rules to the Borrower Defense program. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

DeVos to make it tougher for defrauded students to seek debt relief

The U.S. Education Department is proposing changes to Obama-era rules that offer debt relief for students who were defrauded by their colleges.

7 years ago

Participants from the college’s Summer Bridge program traditionally leave their mark on campus in the school colors of black, purple and gold. (Delece Smith-Barrow/ The Hechinger Report)
Education

Can ‘work colleges’ in cities become a low-cost, high-value model for the future?

The nation’s first urban work college will open a second site in Texas and launch a work-college consortium.

7 years ago

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NPR
Education

Trying to get your first job? There’s a class for that

Over the 13 weeks, there's some role-playing with improv. There are dance classes, and a slew of guest speakers who talk about cover letters, resumes and personal branding.

7 years ago

Mykaela Valentin, 21, was halfway to her degree in animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia when she found out the school was going to close. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Students have some options as Philly Art Institute closes, but many unsure of next step

Area colleges are inviting derailed Art Institute students to complete their degrees at their schools.

7 years ago

Listen 2:51
Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
Education

Tuition hikes set for most Pennsylvania public colleges

Pennsylvania’s public universities have set their budgets and tuition rates for the coming school year. These include the 14 ...

7 years ago

Moshe Porat, dean of Temple's Fox School of Business at the 2012 Musser Excellence in Leadership Award dinner.
Courts & Law

Pa. AG looking into allegations against Temple business school dean

Shapiro says he has asked the Bureau of Consumer Protection to examine the case.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Education

At a ‘grit’ gathering, talking to teachers about character development

At her fourth annual Educator Summit, Penn professor and "grit" expert Angela Duckworth brings teachers from all over the globe. WHYY spoke to some about the theory.

7 years ago

Listen 1:57
Outside the board of governors meeting, a small group of students rallied for, among other things, free higher education. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

PASSHE will hike tuition nearly 3 percent next year

The price of being a student in the State System of Higher Education is getting steeper.

7 years ago

Moshe Porat, dean of Temple's Fox School of Business at the 2012 Musser Excellence in Leadership Award dinner.
Education

Temple ousts business dean after report finds false data was submitted for years for online MBA rankings

Temple University ousted Moshe Porat, dean of its Fox School of Business after a ...

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella launches the Keystone Scholars program in Elk County, putting $100 in a college savings account for every child born or adopted there. Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed a law extending the program to all of Pennsylvania.
Education

New Pennsylvania college savings plan targets newborns

The purpose of providing the starter deposit is to raise awareness about the children’s savings accounts, known as 529 accounts.

7 years ago

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