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The death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair revealed deep problems with the school's administration.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education's decision is the latest development in the aftermath of football player Jordan McNair’s death in June 2018.

University of Maryland Board of Regents are considering an outside investigation into officials' response of a virus outbreak that led to a student's death.

Maryland athletic director Damon Evans announced Thursday that the university will hire a new head team physician who will work outside the athletic department

he University System of Maryland’s chancellor on Wednesday announced the 20-person committee that will search for the next president of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Georgina Dodge, who has been named the University of Maryland's vice president of diversity and inclusion, will take on a challenging role in College Park.

The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a bill revamping the practices of the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents. The legislation was prompted by the 2018 death of Terrapins football player Jordan McNair, who collapsed during practice.

Dismissed University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin was the highest-paid state employee in 2018, earning $4.7 million, including his buyout.

The University of Maryland has struggled to reverse recent declines in fan interest in the football program, which underwent a turbulent 2018 season after the heatstroke death of 19-year-old player Jordan McNair, a new document shows.

Letter writer wrongfully condemns University of Maryland President Loh who has only acted honorably.

University of Maryland's Wallace Loh did not deserve to stay on as president given what happened under his watch.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh will remain at the helm of the state flagship through June 2020, a reversal that comes three months after he announced plans to retire at the end of this school year.

The University System of Maryland Board of Regents will discuss its search for a new president at the University of Maryland, College Park during a special meeting on Wednesday, the system announced Tuesday. 

Three months after University of Maryland President Wallace Loh announced his pending retirement in the wake of the death of football player Jordan McNair, and less than six months before his departure, the University System of Maryland has not formed a search committee to find his replacement.

Higher education has a secrecy addiction. Curing that addiction starts with reforming the unjustly secretive hiring process in which most universities, including Maryland’s, choose their presidents.

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Members of the state’s congressional delegation have expressed concerns to top officials of the University System of Maryland about how it handled the University of Maryland, College Park, football program after the heatstroke death of a Terrapins player.

In admitting responsibility in the death of Jordan McNair, University of Maryland President Loh did what no lawyer wants a client to do.

Former University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin told a task force that president Wallace Loh resisted his call to make players widely available for interviews by a consultant examining the heatstroke death of teammate Jordan McNair, according to multiple sources.

The day after it was announced that University of Maryland President Wallace Loh would retire in the wake of a football scandal — but that the football coach would remain in College Park — state lawmakers called for a hearing to investigate the matter.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh’s decision to take “legal and moral responsibility” for mistakes made in treating 19-year-old football player Jordan McNair went against advice from the attorney general’s office, according to a source with knowledge of the proceedings.

The new chair of the University of Maryland Board of Regents, Linda Gooden, apologized for the handling of the death of Jordan McNair, but the board shouldn't be so easily forgiven.

University of Maryland needs to do a better job at addressing hate crimes and making students feel safe as black enrollment plummets.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, one of the university’s leading boosters, said Wednesday that “there’s fault everywhere around” for the the developments that lead to the ouster of UM football coach DJ Durkin and the resignation of the chairman of the regents.

Maryland head football trainer Wes Robinson and assistant athletic director Steve Nordwall, who had been placed on administrative leave with football coach DJ Durkin, have been fired.

Jordan McNair and his family deserve justice and accountability from University of Maryland leadership. So do Lt. Richard Collins III and his family. So do all UMD students, staff and alumni. Yet President Wallace Loh and his administrators have consistently provided neither.

Brendan Iribe, the virtual reality pioneer whose name will grace a new $152 million computer science building opening at the University of Maryland College Park next year, has written Gov. Larry Hogan to express his dismay over the Board of Regents and support for UMD President Loh.

'It's almost equal to Lenny Bias,' interim regents chair Barry Gossett says of University of Maryland turmoil.

Who are the people discussing University of Maryland's future behind closed doors?

During the course of an hour-long interview at the state university system’s Baltimore headquarters, football coach DJ Durkin gave a speech that dramatically changed the course of events and convinced board members he should stay, according to several sources.

University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert Caret has been a silent voice in public, but behind the scenes, he has been at the center of the power struggle.

Tim Tebow scolded the University of Maryland for reversing course on its decision to stand by former football coach DJ Durkin, saying the school caved to pressure.

After a campus protest broke down in disarray over football, the University of Maryland student groups signed a joint statement calling for a roll in the selection of next president and that Board of Regents be elected.

NCAA "death penalties" are extremely rare. And the football team supports other sports programs.

The University of Maryland's national reputation is in tatters because of the Board of Regent's decision this week. Here's how to begin repairing it.

Although questions remain surrounding the football player's death and accountability for it, here’s what we know so far.

A student protest at the University of Maryland Thursday quickly dissolved from a united front against the institution's handling of football player Jordan McNair’s death into a heated quarrel over whether to boycott football games.

In the aftermath of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents' response to the death of a Terrapins football player, the consequences for the College Park campus are multiplying. Faculty, students and alumni are raising concerns about accreditation, academic freedom and fundraising.

The University of Maryland debacle this week shows the danger of putting football wins above all else.

The meeting comes a day after University of Maryland President Wallace Loh fired football coach DJ Durkin, defying the regents' recommendation.

Karen Levenson, a major donor to the school of public policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, has halted future gifts over how the University System of Maryland Board of Regents have handled the aftermath of Terrapins football player Jordan McNair's death.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh has taken the initiative to fire football coach DJ Durkin and is reportedly reconsidering his decision to retire. We join former Chancellor William “Brit” Kirwan, the provost and deans of UM, and scores of other Terps in urging him to stay on.

The University of Maryland student government association followed jubilation over the firing of head football coach DJ Durkin with further calls Thursday for the resignation of the Board of Regents chair James T. Brady.

The firing of DJ Durkin on Wednesday ended a strange two-day saga that further embarrassed the University of Maryland and the Board of Regents.

University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin, who had been suspended since August, has been fired in the wake of the heatstroke death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair and two reports commissioned by the board of regents.

Jordan McNair's staunchest ally, reserve offensive lineman Ellis McKennie, said Maryland "finally did what was right" after the football team was informed of coach DJ Durkin's firing Wednesday.

Reaction to D.J. Durkin being fired Wednesday as Maryland football coach.

Firing University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin was the right thing to do. But it may be too late to undo the damage done to Maryland's reputation.

James Brady, whom Gov. Larry Hogan appointed to head the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents, threw a wrench into the final week of the gubernatorial campaign. He announced a decision to keep the University of Maryland's football coach and athletic director, despite a player's death.

A protest is scheduled for two days after the University System of Maryland’s governing body announced that head football coach DJ Durkin and athletic director Damon Evans will keep their jobs.