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A 56-page, class action lawsuit filed Sept. 10 in federal court alleges a culture in Baltimore County — extending to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, suppresses sexual assaults.

University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert L. Caret continues to support College Park President Wallace Loh in comments on Monday.

The Champions Club, made up of boosters who give at least $25,000 annually to Maryland, sent a letter signed by 13 of its members supporting third-year coach DJ Durkin being returned to his position.

The University System of Maryland’s governing board announced Friday that it has selected former Gov. Bob Ehrlich and four others to join a commission tasked with investigating the football culture at the state’s flagship.

Goucher College joined a growing number of schools around Maryland and across the country to ban smoking on campus. The number of campuses that ban smoking doubled between 2012 and 2017.

The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents held a roughly 4-hour conference call Friday to discuss the state flagship’s response to the death of football player Jordan McNair.

The University System of Maryland Board of Regents will meet Friday to discuss Jordan McNair's death.

The head of the University System of Maryland received nearly $800,000 in compensation for fiscal year 2017. That included a controversial, one-time $75,000 bonus.

Bill Cosby will be stripped of his honorary degrees from three Maryland schools, University System of Maryland (USM) officials announced Friday in a statement.

Mickey L. Burnim, who served as Bowie State University president for more than a decade, will be the interim president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

The system handed out 28,420 degrees in 2008. By 2017, that number had risen to 40,303.

The University of Maryland System has made big strides in cybersecurity education and has plans for much more.

Officials with the University of Maryland College Park’s campus are recommending revoking an honorary degree bestowed on Bill Cosby.

Johns Hopkins University decided to rescind Bill Cosby’s honorary degree hours after a jury returned a “guilty” verdict on charges the comedian drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago.

Charles Wight, the former president of Weber State University in Utah, will take over on July 1.

Clifford M. Kendall, 85, a businessman, philanthropist and former chairman of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and board member of the University of Maryland Medical System, died Wednesday evening, according to a statement from Dr. Wallace D. Loh, university president.

The Towson men's basketball team is off to its best start in its Division history at 10-1.

We urge the Kirwan Commission to do whatever additional work is needed to provide policy recommendations that are informed by race. Only then can we truly hope for change in outcomes for all students.

Sen. Smith: Our public school system should create a dedicated endowment to ensure every Maryland resident admitted into one of the 12 public institutions within the University System of Maryland could eventually attend tuition-free.

To help entice a second Amazon headquarters to Maryland, a state board has voted to waive a 12-month residency requirement to qualify for in-state tuition for

The University System of Maryland expects it students to understand civics.

University System of Maryland must stop investing in fossil fuel companies

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday nominated Wes Moore to the board overseeing the sprawling University of Maryland system.

The state university system's Board of Regents revised Chancellor Robert L. Caret's compensation package Friday to reflect a policy change announced in late August.

Maryland university leaders are taking steps in advance of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump to protect undocumented students from deportation, joining a national movement that could bring the schools into confrontation with the coming administration.

The president of Baltimore City Community College told lawmakers Tuesday he opposes a recommendation that the institution join into the University of Maryland System.

The Universities at Shady Grove, part of the University System of Maryland, has started building a Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education Facility, at its Rockville campus to train university students from around the state to work in fast growing STEM-related industries such as healthcare, biosciences, engineering and computational sciences.

The University System of Maryland has come up with a way to help liberal arts students who struggle with algebra. Encourage them take statistics instead.

Dr. Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science for the past 27 years, is stepping down from the leadership role to focus on research.

University regents approve policy change after flap over Caret bonus

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The state university system will no longer award bonuses to campus presidents or the system chancellor – a policy change announced Thursday following criticism of a large bonus given to Chancellor Robert Caret.

UM's divestment from fossil fuel investments does more harm than good.

The former chairman of the USM regents defends its handling of Caret's raise.

UM steers clear of a sinking ship

The foundation that oversees the state university system's $1 billion endowment said Tuesday it will stop investing directly in coal, oil and natural gas companies — a victory for a student-led movement to direct more of the portfolio toward clean energy.

Snookered by the state 'open meetings' law

Secret bonus to UM chancellor shows what's wrong with higher ed in Md.

Speaker Michael E. Busch objected Thursday to a decision last week to award an extra $105,000 to the head of the University System of Maryland, calling the move inappropriate at a time when students are struggling to pay the costs of a degree.

The governing board for the University System of Maryland voted to give Chancellor Robert Caret a $75,000 bonus and a $30,000 merit raise in a closed meeting last week, sparking concerns that the information was not made public.

Officials at the University System of Maryland have hit on an idea to improve graduation rates: They have begun to mine student data to find undergraduates who are at risk of dropping out.

The University System of Maryland plans for the first time to establish a $25 million fund to invest in start-up companies created by students, faculty and recent graduates.

Four state employees took home paychecks of more than $1 million last year, according to a review of annual salary data released to The Baltimore Sun.

Shannon Landwehr, executive vice president of the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, will replace Tom Sadowski, its current president and CEO, who has been apppointed vice chancellor for economic development for the University System of Maryland, starting May 2.

The board of regents for the University System of Maryland has approved a tuition hike at Maryland's public colleges.

UC Davis paid at least $175,000 to consultants, including a Towson-based firm, to clean up its online image after students and alumni were pepper sprayed by campus police during an otherwise peaceful protest in 2011.

In-state undergraduate students at Maryland's public colleges may see a 2 percent tuition increase next school year, the smallest annual hike since tuition was unfrozen in 2010.

Universities around Maryland have in recent years ramped up efforts to help students and faculty turn their discoveries into growing businesses – but they are playing catch-up to colleges in many other states around the country, which are spinning off companies and pulling in licensing revenue at a much greater rate.

The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore announced Thursday that Shannon Landwehr, the alliance's executive vice president, has been appointed the interim president and CEO, Tom Sadowski, who has been apppointed vice chancellor for economic development for the University System of Maryland.