Higher Education

The top administrator painted a dire portrait of Penn Medicine’s future amid a “chaotic pace of government regulations and executive orders.”

A Pennsylvania state senator and state representative left the meeting after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.”

Penn State’s president Neeli Bendapudi says declining enrollments, demographic shifts and financial pressures will require the school to close some of its 19 branch campuses.

We talked to more staff about how things ended and how they are (still) transitioning — 8 months later.

The 60,000-volume library in the University of the Arts’ Anderson Hall will be moved intact to Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.

A new study highlights growing concerns as students face rising costs, limited on-campus options and increasing financial strain.

One researcher described it as a “particularly insidious way” to stymie the work of U.S. scientists.

The investigation at Penn focuses on Lia Thomas, who swam on the school’s women’s team and was the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title in 2022.

Last year, the state passed a budget with record education spending. Shapiro is asking for more money for education, including more than $500 million more for schools in need.

Temple student Aidan Steigelmann is charged with impersonating a public servant and has been placed on interim suspension by the university.

“It feels like a punch in the gut,” said Rutgers professor Marybeth Gasman after a session catering to students from historically Black colleges had to be abruptly canceled.

Hussian College owners are seeking $162 million in damages, claiming executives enriched themselves with unauthorized bonuses while the school plunged toward closure in 2023.

Attorneys representing 200,000 students alleged that 17 schools, including Penn, favored wealthy students in financial aid and admissions decisions over a 20-year period.

The announcement came soon after the findings of an external investigation — prompted by multiple complaints filed by Rutgers gymnasts — were made public.

The old University of the Arts campus is up for sale, but the judge might not approve all for-profit developers bidding for a slice of it.