In a year-long pilot program, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore will not use standardized test scores as part of its admissions process. The university joins a growing number of institutions that are uncoupling admissions decisions from students’ scores on ...

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PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has been awarded a $387,500 grant to support scientific research.

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Heidi M. Anderson has been named as the next president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.

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Former Bowie State University President Mickey Burnim has been named the interim president at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the University System of Maryland announced Monday. Burnim will begin transitioning into the job next week and officially take over ...

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University of Maryland Eastern Shore President Juliette B. Bell will resign at the end of June, she announced Monday. Bell’s resignation will end a six-year tenure at the historically black college, which has struggled with enrollment. “Though a difficult one, ...

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After weeks of testimony on the appropriate remedy for Maryland’s failure to effectively desegregate its colleges and universities, the parties have tentatively scheduled closing arguments for June. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake ruled four years ago in favor of the ...

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Attorneys traded blame Monday for a failure to find a meaningful solution to inequality among Maryland’s colleges and universities since a federal judge found in four years ago that the university system had failed to effectively desegregate its institutions. U.S. ...

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The Hospitality and Tourism Management program offered by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has received a $300,000 grant to upgrade facilities and support student activities. But the funds won’t be going to the historically black institution’s main campus in Princess ...

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A white former provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has filed a lawsuit against the historically black college, alleging he was harassed and eventually fired because of his race.

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Members of the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents moved to protect the accreditation of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Pharmacy Thursday by making a new building the campus’s top capital priority. The change makes it ...

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