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Otto Begus, a retired professor and former philosophy and religious studies chair at Morgan State University who believed in a liberal arts education, died of complications of dementia and heart failure Feb. 10 at his Tuscany-Canterbury home. The former Waverly resident was 85.

Under Anne Arundel County native and former Johns Hopkins aide Brian Holman, Utah will begin play in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse next season, part of the sport’s national effort to expand coast to coast.

Gov. Larry Hogan threw his support behind creating a "lockbox" to ensure that casino revenues are used as an enhancement to state education funding — not just to meet minimum obligations.

In Howard County, coordinator of school psychology Cynthia Schulmeyer said mental health concerns are growing among students.

To support a state education system committed to equity and among the best in quality, the Maryland Kirwan Commission has reached a strong consensus on five broad areas of policy recommendations in a preliminary report being released Thursday.

Channel your creative side for a good cause or sample Asian cuisine and learn about Asian culture with McDaniel students, faculty and staff. Plan ahead and get your tickets for Carroll Community College’s version of 1984.

The decision was in line with city schools CEO Sonja Santelises’ recommendation, who cited the school’s need to improve its finances and special education services.

Juliette B. Bell said in a letter to the campus community that she wants to pursue other passions and spend more quality time with her family, including her five grandchildren.

The president’s recent call for more “vocational schools,” while misguided, does highlight two important issues in higher education: the increased need for both middle skills training and for more awareness of the expansive workforce development role that community colleges play.

Floral designer Jalna Brown will teach a series of classes at Carroll Community College. At the end of the series, students will receive a Workforce Training Certificate. The first class, Introduction to Floral Design, begins Monday, February 19.

Anna Binneweg has been trailblazer in Arundel County for more than 11 years as music director and conductor of Anne Arundel Community College Symphony Orchestra and Londontowne Symphony Orchestra.

Hopkins dean cited "diminished enrollments, faculty turnover and retirements, and a lack of identity and programmatic focus" as reasons for ending the program.

Gov. Larry Hogan's eagerness to settle the long-running litigation over Maryland's HBCUs is welcome, but resolving the issues that underlie it will be difficult.

The following local students have been named to the dean's list at West Virginia University for the fall 2017 semester: Blake Baderian, Finksburg, business;

The followings local students were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Bridgewater College, in Virginia: Kayla Boswell, a first-year student

The mother-daughter pair were in Annapolis despite Wednesday’s weather as a part of Student Advocacy Day. They got to speak and represent students from Maryland’s 16 community colleges as the keynote speakers.

In a letter to Del. Cheryl Glenn, chair of the of the state’s legislative black caucus, the governor’s chief legal counsel Robert Scholz said Hogan is willing to discuss using $100 million to supplement the state’s support for HBCUs over a ten-year period.

William A. Anderson, a retired compliance officer for the state Department of Education and talented musician who had backed up such legends as James Brown, Fats Domino, Little Richard, died Jan. 31 from complications of a stroke at his Randallstown home. He was 79.

University of Maryland president should put as much effort into funding diversity as he does painting the school's failures in a positive light.

University of Maryland President Loh is falling short on diversity goals - but not on excuses.

San Francisco-based Spin, a dockless bike share company, has launched at Towson University and Goucher College.

David Eisenhauer of Columbia, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, abduction and concealing a dead body just before jury selection began Monday in the stabbing death of Nicole Lovell of Blacksburg, Va.

Gov. Larry Hogan could untangle Baltimore County Public Schools officials from their technology quagmire by simply eliminating the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers  testing (PARCC) they use to justify their obsession with one-to-one devices.

On Saturday, UMBC lost to Vermont as it celebrated the opening of the $85 million Event Center, a gleaming new 5,000-seat arena that replaces the 45-year-old Retriever Activities Center.

Amid years of declining enrollment, university president Kurt Schmoke was faced this year with closing a more than $4 million budget gap.

UMD is one of the most diverse flagships in the nation. A Baltimore Sun article last week conveys a different impression, however: “Black Student Enrollment Lags at the University of Maryland.” But the yardstick used by the paper is the wrong one for three reasons.

Towson University president: Proud of what this school is doing to be more inclusive.

Walter K. Sherwin Jr., a founding faculty member of the University of Maryland, College Park, who established the Ancient Studies Department, died Tuesday from pancreatic cancer at his Charlestown retirement community home. He was 79.

From his birthplace in the Eastern Shore to Baltimore and Washington, where he spent his last years, here’s a list of lectures, performances, exhibits and discussions happening throughout the region to celebrate Douglass’ legacy on his 200th birthday.

After two years of construction, the UMBC Event Center will make its debut on Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. with a men's basketball game against the Vermont Catamounts.

Blame the challenges facing black high school students for the difficulty of attracting minority students to College Park.

Saanvi and Alisa are two of the five members of an all-girls robotics team that participates in local competitions for the FIRST Lego League. In December, the girls won a 30-team competition at Hammond High School, where they were one of only a handful of all-female teams.

College Park isn't meeting the needs of Maryland's African American students - and tuition costs may be part of the problem.

Harford County Public Schools has taken an aggressive approach to recruiting new teachers, especially teachers of color, and it has made strides in those areas, but it faces a shrinking pool of applicants for teaching positions, an issue that affects school districts across the state and nation.

State flagship universities across the U.S. are enrolling disproportionately few black students. UMD, College Park represents one of the most stark examples of the disparity.

Lois Roeder died at age 85.

Towson University and the Maryland National Guard signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at fostering workforce development in cyber security.

The University of Baltimore has added protections to student data that state auditors found had been left exposed.

The University of Maryland, College Park has set aside $3.8 million for new diversity measures following the killing of a black Bowie State University student by a white UM student on campus last May, Maryland President Wallace Loh said this week.

Formerly a cafeteria worker, Minnie Hargrow worked for four Johns Hopkins University presidents

After a 10-and-a-half-year reign as the Athletic Director of Harford Community College, Ken Krsolovic has officially announced his departure from the college

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute students are among many across Maryland that are growing fish and plants in school-based aquaculture programs.

The Harford Community College nurses who provided HIV education in Bel Air's sister city, Narva, Estonia, provided a major community service and did their school, their hometown and themselves extremely proud.

The year 2018 will reveal whether last year’s political transition from the status quo is here to stay, says Rachel Marsden.

After a two-year, $6.5 million renovation, the Community College of Baltimore County held a ceremony to mark the reopening of the historic Hilton Mansion.

John M. Purnell, a veteran reporter who had worked for Eastern Shore newspapers and earlier for The Palm Beach Post, died Thursday from undetermined causes at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The West Ocean City resident was 73.

The Maryland House and Senate overturned the governor's veto of a bill that removes the box from a college admissions application that asks potential students if they have ever been arrested or been convicted of a crime. The bill does not differentiate between violent and non-violent criminals.

Fort McHenry will close. You can still tour the Naval Academy, but not its museum. If, like two indicted Baltimore police detectives, you are scheduled for trial at U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Monday, the wheels of justice will grind on despite the federal government shutdown.

Towson American Legion to raise funds for scholarship fund set up in Towson native's honor

For some at McDaniel College, Jan Term was a chance to take a new type of class, be it one that teaches how to cope with stress or one that thrust students into the theater experience.