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Jun 17, 2022

Q&A: New president wants Salisbury University to be a gem — not a ‘hidden’ one

The Daily Record sat down for a Q&A session with Dr. Carolyn Ringer Lepre, the next president of Salisbury University.

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Jun 16, 2022

University System of Maryland moves toward removing SAT/ACT requirement

The University System of Maryland is debating removing standardized test scores, such as the SAT and ACT, as an admissions requirement for incoming first-year students.

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May 26, 2022

MICA staff votes to unionize, following in adjuncts’ path

The MICA Staff Union's top priorities include increasing opportunities for promotions and receiving higher pay — something organizers feel is overdue. 

Johns Hopkins University said it is cutting more than 2,200 workers because of a loss of funding from USAID. (The Daily Record/File photo)
May 24, 2022

Johns Hopkins, Yale partnering to find new treatments for tumors

Johns Hopkins and Yale University are partnering to create a new center focusing on technology for imaging, studying and developing new treatments for tumors.

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May 18, 2022

UMBC’s outgoing president, state leaders hail Spring Grove sale, with details still in works

The capstone of Freeman Hrabowski's long tenure as leader of University of Maryland, Baltimore County comes down to paperwork.

Renée McDonald Hutchins, dean of University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, will take over the helm of University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law from Dean Donald Tobin in August. (Submitted photo)
May 17, 2022

UMB finds ‘ideal choice’ to lead Carey School of Law

The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law has named its next dean.

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May 4, 2022

Award-winning alumnus David Talbert to keynote Morgan State commencement

David E. Talbert, celebrated auteur and a 1989 Morgan State University graduate, will be the keynote speaker at Morgan State’s 145th spring commencement exercises.

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Apr 26, 2022

St. John’s College says its audacious tuition cut is paying off

Faced with budget shortfalls, most institutions of higher learning tend to focus on raising tuition. St. John’s College, however, decided to go in a different direction.

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Apr 25, 2022

UMD ‘being run more like a corporation,’ report finds

A new external analysis has found a shift in priorities at the University of Maryland, College Park in recent years.

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Apr 22, 2022

Coppin’s development authority chief gears up for job

Coppin State University announced the appointment of Chad Williams as the first executive director of the West North Avenue Development Authority in Baltimore.

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Apr 22, 2022

Senior wins McDaniel College’s $5K Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge

McDaniel College senior Joshua Arruda won the $5,000 top prize Thursday at the college’s sixth annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge.

The UMBC campus is seen in 2016. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record file)
Apr 22, 2022

Higher education enrollment faced unprecedented drop in COVID-19 pandemic

Undergraduate and graduate enrollment in public four-year universities has decreased during the pandemic, and community college enrollment has seen an even more dramatic decline.