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Coppin State University's former director of facilities was charged this week with multiple counts of procurement fraud, though details on his alleged crimes have so far not been revealed.

Coppin State University's president said this week the college has accomplished about half the goals of a long-term plan conceived last year that's intended to boost its graduation rates and enrollment, strengthen its academic programs and improve the way it operates.

A proposal by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch to boost entrepreneurship is needed.

Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College Park announced partnerships this week with a Silicon Valley-based startup to offer new online-only certificates in fields like data science and cybersecurity.

Gov. Martin O'Malley managed through the tough times, cleaned up the fiscal mess he inherited and launched a wave of reform and investment -- from transportation and health to education and the environment -- to grow Maryland's middle class for decades to come.

Schools must have zero tolerance for hazing that threatens life and limb

Effort to boycott Israeli academics and institutions was wrong and UM right not to join in

Two state legislators are proposing stiffening the criminal penalties for hazing after a report detailed extreme hazing at a Salisbury University fraternity chapter.

Transgender students at the University of Maryland, College Park seeking to undergo sex change surgery could have the cost covered in their health insurance plan next year, joining a recent wave of colleges and employers nationwide offering the benefit.

Gov. Martin O'Malley brought in $150,000 in 2012, just a fraction of a percent of the more than $2 million each that Terps football coach Randy Edsall and men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon pulled in, according to a salary database.

As the only educational institution in Maryland that is a member of ASA, UMBC should take firm action against the ASA boycott of Israel by immediately withdrawing its ASA membership. In so doing, UMBC will be acting in accordance with its mission statement, which proudly proclaims UMBC's commitment to social responsibility.

Much has been made recently about proposed pay increases for some Maryland¿s politicians, but even the highest-earning elected officials don¿t come close to the top of the state-employee income scale.

Colleges prepare people for jobs, but more critically, they prepare people for life. A job may be the starting point for the good life, but it shouldn't be the end point.

State university officials took an early step Friday in approving a high-end hotel and conference center that is expected to be a cornerstone of a major redevelopment plan for the University of Maryland, College Park and its surroundings.

Soon, the ritzy Guilford mansion that led to a Towson University president's ouster could be yours.

For the fourth time since 2004, state auditors found that Coppin State University did not take action against some students with unpaid bills and allowed them to continue to register for classes.

For the first time this spring, college students wanting to take a class at the University of Baltimore with a Pulitzer prize-winning civil rights historian won't be bound by the university they chose to attend.

Freeman A. Hrabowski: We've made great strides in education equity in the past 50 years, but we still have much more to do.

Maryland colleges will fare best when they are allowed to compete freely

The report was done by a collaborative of Maryland's higher education institutions that have joined forces to address excessive drinking in college.

Maryland community colleges are limiting hours for part-time faculty, who make up the bulk of their teaching force, to avoid having to pay health benefits under the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare

The Johns Hopkins University has regained a five-year, $70 million federal grant designed to change how researchers pursue medical treatments, but the University of Maryland, Baltimore was denied, the National Institutes of Health said Tuesday.

About 60 people from Baltimore, Cecil and Harford counties gathered Wednesday for a presentation on a feasibility study regarding the creation of a University Research Park in Harford County, which would serve the northeastern region of Maryland.

The members of Harford Community College's Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $164,420 contract Tuesday to build a right-hand turn lane from Schucks Road onto Route 22 (East Churchville Road).

Maryland has agreed to work with Virginia and New Jersey on research into unmanned aircraft, a move that could strengthen the state's bid to land one of six drone test sites to be awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The University System of Maryland and its 12 member institutions raised nearly $300 million during fiscal year 2013

Two years after a Frostburg football players' death, the University System of Maryland has its head in the sand when it comes to the danger of head injuries in intercollegiate sports.

Universities across the country perform classified work for the federal government, balancing secrecy with academic freedom

Robert Bogomolny's tenure elevated the University of Baltimore.

Robert L. Bogomolny, who led the effort to transform the University of Baltimore campus and restart its four-year undergraduate program, announced Tuesday that he will step down as president after this academic year.

SECU, the Linthicum-based credit union, will pay $4.75 million over the next 10 years to have Towson University's new basketball facility called SECU Arena.

The Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute said Tuesday that it has awarded $3.8 million to 17 teams trying to bring technology products to market, seven of them involving companies in the Baltimore region.

Bound woman chewed through ropes to escape murder scene, police say

Regents' plan just kicks Coppin State's problems further down the road