university system of maryland

The UM money pit

The University of Maryland, College Park's football and men's and women's basketball coaches were the state's three highest-paid public employees last year, continuing a long-standing trend.

As I look back over my 12 years as chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM), one of the developments in which I take the most pride has been the USM's genuine partnership with state leaders in Annapolis. Now that the primary is over, and the election looms, I encourage candidates for office across Maryland, especially those running for governor, to commit themselves to upholding this partnership.

As a country, we are long past the time we can ignore teacher preparation without fear of consequences. Nations like China and India, for example, are making great strides in bringing better education to more children, and they present a major competitive challenge to the United States in the global marketplace.

While Morgan is encountering an obstacle or two on the path toward further developing its research mission to become Maryland's premier public urban comprehensive research university, the payoff to the state from our success is already plainly obvious. The millions we now bring into the state yearly accrue many benefits. This funding is supporting economic activity in the city of Baltimore and statewide, through the impact it has on new business creation, local employment and sales and services.

While Morgan is encountering an obstacle or two on the path toward further developing its research mission to become Maryland's premier public urban comprehensive research university, the payoff to the state from our success is already plainly obvious. The millions we now bring into the state yearly accrue many benefits. This funding is supporting economic activity in the city of Baltimore and statewide, through the impact it has on new business creation, local employment and sales and services.

A University System of Maryland Board of Regents committee approved issuing more than $117 million in bonds Thursday for capital projects in the coming fiscal year that include 700 beds of student housing at Towson University.

An attorney once called the "political pope of Baltimore" will chair a search committee to find the next chancellor of the University System of Maryland.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler repeatedly ripped into the record of Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown as the three Democratic candidates for governor held their third and final debate Thursday on a Baltimore radio station.

Thomas M. "Tom" Gibbons, former president and CEO of Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Companies who also served on boards of business and educational institutions, died Sunday of complications from a stroke at The Terraces of Bonita Springs Retirement Community in Bonita Springs, Fla. He was 88.

Amid a series of changes to federal laws regarding how universities handle sexual assaults and sexual misconduct, the University System of Maryland in the process of updating its two-decade old policies on the matter.

Morgan has good reason to be wary of partnering with Towson

A proposal for Morgan State University to have some joint academic programs with Towson University is drawing questions from Morgan backers who believe such a setup would benefit Towson far more than the Baltimore institution.

Gov. Martin O'Malley told graduates of the University of Maryland, College Park to be ready for a world in the midst of rapid transformation from climate change, technological advancement and global connectedness.

Maryland will miss retiring UM Chancellor Brit Kirwan even as it welcomes incoming UB President Kurt Schmoke

University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan, who in 12 years on the job helped oversee the rise of some of the state's public universities to national prominence, announced Tuesday he will step down from his position as soon as a successor is found.

The Morgan State University Board of Regents offered President David Wilson Tuesday an "appointment" but no formal job contract, and he will continue to serve at "the pleasure of the board."

University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh has made it his top priority to remake the college into a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship, pushing the strategy not just in the business school but in almost every corner.

Biotechnology company MedImmune said Tuesday it has expanded a bioresearch collaboration it started with the University of System of Maryland.

The body overseeing all higher education in Maryland unveiled a new, four-year plan Wednesday intended to address the growing reality that college students are now more likely to be poorer, first-generation, working full-time or in need of remedial education.

The University of Maryland, University College announced Friday that it would lay off 70 employees because of declining enrollments.

Enrollment at the University System of Maryland is expected to decline in the coming academic year and the following year, the first projected drop since the 1990s.

It is both his groundbreaking ideas in the field of particle physics known as supersymmetry and his ability to explain them better than anyone else that have landed James Gates seats on the state school board and on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

A University of Baltimore initiative to boost graduation rates and enrollment could be a model for other state schools

This semester, the University System of Maryland is exploring reducing that cost to zero with "open-source" electronic textbooks.

As the work begins to remedy what a federal judge ruled were persistent segregative policies that hurt Maryland's historically black universities, the process is expected to be lengthy, expensive, and potentially contentious.

The University of Baltimore plans to offer free tuition to students in their final semester if they can finish in four years, a proposal that could boost the college's flagging graduation rates and lower students' debt load.

Plan to cap Maryland college tuition for another four years may sound appealing but it actually deserves a failing grade

Ebony Scott remembers vividly the day she got the piece of paper she hoped would change her life. She didn't have a typical high school graduation day, but she was used to the nontraditional, having been in the Baltimore foster care system since she was 9.

Police seized a loaded handgun, ammunition and drug paraphernalia during a search of University of Maryland football player Wes Brown's campus dormitory last summer, newly released documents show.

Lawmakers should reject a bill that would punish state colleges and universities for associating with groups that advocate boycotts, divestment or sanctions against Israel

State lawmakers are considering increasing the penalties for hazing, an issue brought to light by an extreme hazing case involving a Salisbury University fraternity.

A week after the University of Maryland was the victim of a data breach, President Wallace D. Loh announced Tuesday that he is extending free credit protection services to the 309,000 students, alumni and employees affected from one to five years and forming a task force to identify any other vulnerabilities.