A panel of students urged the University System of Maryland Board of Regents to consider making Election Day a systemwide holiday to encourage greater civic engagement among students. “Please consider establishing Election Day as a holiday for all USM students,” ...

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The appointment of Jay Perman as the next chancellor of the University System of Maryland should bring some clarity to the two ongoing searches for presidents within the system. Both Coppin State University and the University of Maryland, College Park, are ...

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The University System of Maryland’s selection of University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay Perman as its next chancellor has been widely hailed as the right choice, but the selection process has raised questions about a system dogged by issues of ...

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The University System of Maryland Board of Regents plans to begin making changes to its bylaws next month as at least one legislator is pleased with how it has worked to implement reforms the General Assembly required.

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University System of Maryland Board of Regents chair Linda Gooden and vice chair Barry Gossett will co-lead the system’s search for a new chancellor, Gooden announced Tuesday. The regents are conducting a national search to find a replacement for current ...

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The president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP says the chair of the search committee for a new Coppin State University president has agreed to meet with him after he complained about the search process.

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