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Four Maryland private colleges are announcing gifts totaling $10.5 million from the Delaware-based Hodson Trust.
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Read More »For-profit colleges face ‘gainful employment’ rule
For-profit colleges with graduates unable to pay back their student loans could soon face scrutiny by the federal government.
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Read More »More Maryland families save for college
Maryland has a more educated population than most other states, so it may not be surprising that a higher proportion of Maryland’s families are saving for college.
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Read More »The three-year bachelor’s degree?
Universities should embrace the three-year bachelor's degree, argues a Johns Hopkins University professor.
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Read More »UMBC is nation’s top ‘up-and-comer’
For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County was ranked the No. 1 “up-and-coming” university in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
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Read More »Colleges re-thinking sexual assault education
As freshmen descend on college campuses, they enter the "red zone" — a period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving during which they are most vulnerable to sexual assault.
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Read More »Goucher College accepting videos from applicants
A Baltimore-area college is the first in the country to unveil an application option that allows students to submit videos as part of their admissions applications.
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Read More »College grads: Not quite adults
When recent college graduates fail to launch, who’s to blame? According to a new book, “Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates,” their universities are partially responsible.
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Read More »USNA chief says no double standard for athletes
The new superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy said he does not now believe there is "a cultural issue" in Navy sports with the kind of lax oversight of athletes that is being investigated at the U.S. Air Force Academy, but if there is "we're going to take care of it."
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Read More »Colleges seek to improve remedial programs
The odds have long been stacked against students like those in Edward Ennels' remedial math classes at Baltimore City Community College.
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