Colleges & Universities

Maddie Zimmer and Ilse Tromp both had two goals and an assist in the first half and Northwestern beat Saint Joseph’s 5-0 in the championship match of the NCAA Division-I women’s field hockey tournament at Phyllis Ocker Field. No. 4 seed Saint Joseph’s (20-4-0) was in uncharted waters with its first trip to the final. The Hawks eliminated top-seeded North...

Misdemeanor charges for providing alcohol to minors following the death of Won Jang have been filed against 21-year-old Matthew Catrambone and 21-year-old Samuel Terry.

The university is set to break ground on the new facility spring 2025. 

Temple University’s campus is expanding with a new building connecting Klein College of Media and Communication and the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts.

One person is dead and “several” were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said “a non-university individual” was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting.

Several buildings in Center City that belong to the recently shuttered University of the Arts are now up for sale.

The real estate company JLL says it has been retained to arrange the sale of nine properties that belong to the college.

It’s a new era. Temple University officially welcomed John Fry as its 15th president.

Although more students are eligible for federal aid this year, rising college costs and ballooning student debt balances are still major concerns.

Penn State’s beloved Nittany has gotten a makeover and a new signature to go with the new logo. See for yourself.

Several Illinois and midwestern colleges and universities landed in U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of “Best Colleges” for 2025, with many moving up spots on the prestigious list.

The unidentified student is accused of carving the epithet using a box cutter at an on-campus swim team gathering.

The embattled president of New Jersey’s flagship university says he will step down next year. Jonathan Holloway became the first Black president of Rutgers University when he took office in the summer of 2020. He said Tuesday that he will leave office when the academic year ends June 30. 

Jonathan Holloway, the embattled president of Rutgers University, announced Sept. 17, 2024, that he will step down next year after a tenure that has included contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the university’s first-ever strike and surviving a no-confidence vote by the faculty senate.

People who received identical bachelor degrees in the same major earned vastly different salaries depending on which school they attended, Payscale reports.

Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year.

Philadelphia’s Peirce College announced plans to merge with Scranton’s Lackawanna College to create the largest private, nonprofit open-enrollment institution in Pennsylvania.

At St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, officials announced a plan to cut 42 degree programs and 50 minors, music among them. The move has created turmoil for students who chose the campus to study music.

Starting this fall, you can get a Master of Arts in Museum Education and a Museum Education Certificate through Saint Joseph’s University and the Barnes Foundation’s new online program.

Saint Joseph’s University and the Barnes Foundation to offer a Master of Arts in Museum Education and a Museum Education Certificate this fall.