Colleges & Universities

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.

Temple University has a new leader and he isn’t coming from far. Drexel University President John Fry will take over Temple’s leadership.

Cheyney University is no longer on probation. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaffirmed the accreditation for the historically Black college.

Students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts were thrown into panic mode two weeks ago, as they got the startling news that their school would be shutting down within days. Many students are not sure what they will do next.

Students, alumni and staff were out all day and night on Friday protesting as the University of the Arts shut down for good. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the latest. 

NBC10’s Katy Zachry is outside Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Friday morning as students continue to protest the sudden closure of the art college. Philadelphia City Council is among the groups seeking answers.

On Wednesday, an ongoing protest outside Philadelphia’s University of the Arts was on the move as students seek answers about the planned closing of the college.

The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players.

The raging war in Gaza and divisive social commentary have driven backlash at a growing number of college graduation ceremonies.

Cabrini University celebrated one of its most beloved alums while celebrating its final graduating class on Sunday. Kylie Kelce — wife of retired Philadelphia Eagles legend Jason Kelce and the unofficial first woman of Philly sports — offered advice to the 2024 grads.