Colleges & Universities

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.

The $2.78 billion deal settles several lawsuits claiming that previous NCAA rules denied thousands of athletes the opportunity to earn millions of dollars off the use of their names, images and likenesses.

Stockton University is offering an undergraduate degree in hemp and cannabis business management starting in the fall of 2024.

Dartmouth College has suspended a fraternity and a sorority as the investigation continues into the death of a student whose body was found Sunday in the Connecticut River after a party nearby the night before, the school said. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing late Sunday afternoon after the gathering Saturday night, a Dartmouth official said….

John Fry will be hopping across Philadelphia to lead Temple University after more than a decade as Drexel’s president.