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The Baltimore area produces a lot of research, but the region is merely middling when it comes to patenting innovations. A new report suggests that high-profile efforts at change haven't taken hold yet. - The University System of Maryland is participating in a pilot program combining massive open online courses with traditional classroom instruction. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded $1.4 million to nonprofit research group Ithaka S+R to study how the state's university system could incorporate the increasingly popular online courses
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- Given the lack of explanation for President David Wilson's ouster, the school may have created more problems than it solved
- University System of Maryland regents pledged to work with open meetings compliance board
- Purpose of suit remains unclear but could be related to $50 million exit fee
- University of Maryland President Wallace Loh was right to jump at the chance to join the Big Ten.
- A Pikesville political science teacher filed a complaint with a state board Monday, alleging that the University System of Maryland board of regents violated the state's open meeting law when it met in closed session to vote on University of Maryland's move to the Big Ten athletic conference.
- Towson University president Maraven Loeschke had hoped to decide whether to cut men's soccer and baseball this month
- Maryland's open meetings compliance board could force regents to vote again on Maryland's move to Big Ten, but the school doesn't need approval to make the jump.
- School is being highlighted for using football to raise profile
- Mortimer H. Neufville, a former leader of a national group of public universities, has been named the interim president of Coppin State University, the university system announced Wednesday.
- Towson's athletic director has recommended cutting sports to bolster those that remain, stirring a debate about the purpose of the athletic program
- Joe Bryce, who is leaving the O'Malley administration for a private lobbying job, has earned universal respect over two decades in Annapolis.
- Coppin State University President Reginald Avery, who received a vote of no confidence last February, will step down in January.
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- Maryland's Dream Act would strengthen Maryland's system of higher education, a university president says.
- Maryland employers added 9,800 jobs in September, a gain that came almost entirely from the private sector, the U.S. Department of Labor estimated Friday.
- The University of Maryland University College named Javier Miyares as its new president on Monday, effective immediately.
- As fish farming grows to feed a world hungry for protein, there's a hitch – the seas are being scoured of little wild fish to feed the big captive ones destined for the dinner table.
- Teachers in Maryland are about to get new help and encouragement to talk about the touchy topic of global warming in their classrooms.
- Why voters should support the Md. DREAM Act in November
- Coppin's problem is that Maryland has failed to fund the school adequately
- Coppin has made the tough decisions that will ensure its future
- Despite ambitious plans to boost student retention and graduation rates, the school is still struggling to find its niche
- O'Malley has worked to rein in rising college tuition costs
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- Saint Agnes Hospital banned smoking in all but a few areas of its campus in 1978 and went completely smoke-free about five years ago.
- When it comes to a college education, students often don't have a clear idea of what they'll end up paying or whether one school is offering a better aid package than another. A standardized financial aid award letter would help
- Breaking news in Baltimore includes Gov. Martin O'Malley campaigning in Wisconsin, Brian McKnight and Clutch headlining Artscape and thunderstorms overnight.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders said Wednesday that they have wrapped up a final agreement that would raise taxes on 16 percent of the state's earners and reverse a series of so-called 'Doomsday' cuts the legislature enacted earlier this year when a budget deal collapsed.
- The General Assembly's failure to act could make college unaffordable for thousands of middle- and low-income students
- Maryland must replace 'doomsday' budget with a better tax and spending plan
- Is it really a 'doomsday' when a $4.5 billion school system is cut $50 million?
- The University System of Maryland chancellor says without a special legislative session, the state's vaunted schools and universities will suffer.
- What Freeman Hrabowski has achieved at UMBC is put at risk by state's 'doomsday' budget
- Instead of the confetti, balloons and good will that generally marks the end of the General Assembly's 90-day session, the legislature adjourned Monday with a toxic mixture of anger and disbelief.
- Thomas E. Florestano, a long-serving former president of Anne Arundel Community College, died of Parkinson's disease complications March 31 at Ginger Cove Health Center. He was 79 and had lived in Annapolis.
- The chairman of the U.S. Senate education committee asked the chancellor of Maryland's state university system Monday to hand over records on enrollment and workplace practices at the University of Maryland University College, where president Susan Aldridge resigned last week.
- Susan C. Aldridge will resign as president of University of Maryland University College, the state's leading online educational institution, at the end of March.
- Some of the best educational experiences come in large lecture halls, so universities should think twice before eliminating them
- A career biochemist will take the reins of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on July 1, the university announced Wednesday.
