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York College exhibit of Baltimore artist Paul Rucker's Ku Klux Klan robes is closed to the public - President Trump's immigration reform plan would better seal our terribly porous borders, establish internal security and reassert federal authority over renegade sanctuary cities.
- College Park legislators made two big mistakes, making it the "dumbest town in America" according to this man.
- Loyola University Maryland has announced the members of its spring 2017 dean's list, including: Lindsey Arriola, class of 2019, from Sykesville; Emily Bennett,
- Interim Superintendent Michael Martirano writes about his plan for redistricting Howard County public schools, which was presented to the Board of Education Oct. 3.
- On the standarized PARCC test, Lakeland reported school-wide gains of 7.4 percent in math for third through eighth grade.
- Coppin State University President Maria Thompson discusses representation, taking on the presidency in the wake of the Baltimore unrest, and drawing inspiration from Fanny Jackson Coppin.
- Regional cooperation spurs economic growth, and universities are key determinants for successful collaboration.
- Harford County Public Schools will host its annual College and Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Harford Community College APGFCU Arena.
- Historic Black Colleges and Universities remain vital to American education, attendees at a celebration of 150 years of HBCUs are told
- Salisbury University president Janet Dudley-Eshbach announced Wednesday she would step down at the end of the academic year after 18 years with the Eastern Shore institution.
- The following area residents were among the candidates for degrees at the 150th commencement ceremonies at Frostburg State University in May: Christopher
- What does it mean today to be the first female hospital president or university athletic director. Does being first open the doors for other women?
- Students pay twice as much to attend a for-profit college or university as they would a public college or university.
- Meet the Baltimore area’s most intriguing movers and shakers of 2017.
- Sean Yoes, host of WEAA's "First Edition" talk show, resigned from the station.
- The Trump administration on Friday rolled back federal efforts to influence university investigations into sexual assault.
- After two-and-a-half days, 20 goats made quick work of the 12-acre feast of invasive vines and trees laid out for them at the center of campus.
- If not in a university setting, where else can we expect to be exposed to multiple points of view in order to help students form their own, informed opinions.
- The Carroll Hospital Foundation awarded $9,500 in scholarships to six local students to aid them in advancing their education. Established by supporters of the
- The following students graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from McDaniel College on May 20: Finksburg: Benjamin Charles England, history, cum laude.
- A gasoline truck hit a tree and sprang a leak at the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus Wednesday morning, officials said.
- He also helped found Loyola Academy and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.
- Numerous now defunct colleges and universities existed in Carroll County during the 19th century; McDaniel College, founded in 1867 as Western Maryland College, is the only one that remains.
- University of Maryland pharmacy school cancelled plans to offer online medical marijuana training courses.
- Presidents of three Maryland universities will receive raises of $75,000, $50,000 and $20,000 after a vote Friday by the governing board of the state university system.
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science president Don Boesch is handing over the reins to Peter Goodwin, after a 27-year tenure.
- I am not against protest, but I find that we tend to ignore some of the rational thoughts of our opponents just because they are on the other side.
- It's no violation of free speech to recognize that DeVos has no business speaking at UB ceremony.
- The following McDaniel College students were named to the college's spring 2017 dean's list: Eldersburg: Andrew Jordan Murphy, high honors; Kayla Nicole
- Kurt Schmoke's decision to invite Betsy DeVos to speak is a travesty for Baltimore.
- Commencement is not and should never be an opportunity to share political views. It is a celebration of the hard work and intellectual growth that students have invested over the years.
- The partnership will allow students with associate’s degrees from HCC or PGCC to take MSU engineering and psychology program courses at Laurel College Center.
- U.S. Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins high in rankings
- What wise words could Betsy DeVos offer to UB graduates? How to marry or be born to wealth?
- University of Baltimore president Kurt Schmoke defended his decision to invite the U.S. Secretary of Education.
- No return to the bad old days of ignoring or excusing sexual assaults on college campuses.
- Department of Education head Betsy DeVos, whose achievements thus far include considering a review of campus sexual assaults to benefit the accused, ending
- The new U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, grew up in rural Maryland and was Meyerhoff Scholar at University of Maryland Baltimore County before he began his medical career.
- Several Maryland universities have begun pushing back and pledging to explore ways to protect “dreamers” on their campuses.
- The following local students earned bachelor's degrees from Hood College, Frederick, in May: Justine Del Nunzio, 2014 alumna of Century High School, graduated
- The following local students were named to the spring 2017 dean's list at Saint Francis University, Loretto, Pennsylvania. Katelyn Nusbaum, Manchester,
- President Donald Trump was expected to announce on Tuesday that he is rolling back protections for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
- This year, Lisa Snowden-McCray and I attended two days of Writers in Baltimore Schools’ Summer Writers’ Studio (aka camp) outside Frederick to work with...
- Morgan State University radio station WEAA is making big changes in its daily lineup starting Oct. 2.
- Elite colleges pride themselves on blocking as many qualified applicants as possible, and ranking systems create perverse incentives that reward exclusivity.
- Our View: People have to make decisions about what’s right for them when it comes to their career path, but be certain that there is no single “right” way to a good-paying job.
- Jobs in services, computers, health care saw biggest gains in state since recession.
