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As Maryland’s demographics shift, so do college student bodies
Demographic shifts have reshaped the student populations at Maryland universities, with more racially and economically diverse student bodies.
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials
Faculty and students at dozens of colleges say they are concerned about how easy it is to get fake COVID-19 vaccine cards.
Maryland colleges, universities prepare to manage COVID-19 vaccination records
Colleges and universities in Maryland are adjusting software and hiring staff in an effort to manage vaccination records for COVID-19 ahead of the fall.
Unsafe at any frat? Colleges crack down on Greeks
The death of a Clemson University sophomore is the latest incident to raise alarms about safety at fraternities on U.S. campuses, with more colleges cracking down on dangerous behavior.
Fifty colleges have tuition higher than $60k
Take a guess: What’s the most expensive college in the country? How much do you think that school charges for tuition, plus room and board?
Md. colleges join movement to snuff out student smoking
About one-third of Maryland colleges and universities have decided to follow a recent national trend to ban smoking on college campuses. The majority of institutions clearing the air are community colleges and the 10 campuses within the University System of Maryland, which adopted a system-wide smoke-free policy last year. Only two private schools in the […]
4 Md. colleges share $10M from Hodson Trust
Four Maryland private colleges are announcing gifts totaling $10 million from the Delaware-based Hodson Trust. Johns Hopkins University said Tuesday it received $2.5 million from the trust. The funds will be used for undergraduate scholarships, cancer research and to support for students who are veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hood College, St. […]
Obama to propose new system for rating colleges
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Targeting the soaring cost of higher education, President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a broad new government rating system for colleges that would judge schools on their affordability and perhaps be used to allocate federal financial aid. But the proposed overhaul faced immediate skepticism from college leaders who worry the rankings could […]
Enrollment falling at for-profit colleges
When the University of Phoenix, the country’s largest university, announced this week it’s closing 115 campuses and satellite locations, it signaled more than a sudden availability of commercial real estate near highway interchanges, where for-profit colleges like to set up shop as a student convenience. After years of explosive growth that really caught fire when […]
Naval Academy ranked top liberal arts college
ANNAPOLIS — U.S. News & World Report has ranked the U.S. Naval Academy as the best public liberal arts college in the country for the second consecutive year. The Annapolis school and its rival, the U.S. Military Academy, shared the top spot last year. This year, the military academy took the No. 2 spot. Meanwhile, […]
To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls of the Land of Aaahs. Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses are rushing to prevent […]
St. John’s stays true to liberal arts focus
ANNAPOLIS — The economic downturn has not been kind to liberal arts schools. Middle-income families with depleted portfolios are fleeing to public colleges. To some, the very term “liberal arts” now symbolizes impractical indulgence. Tuition is at an all-time high. So, too, are tuition discounts. The vicious cycle is driving colleges into debt. For Christopher […]
