Coppin State University will install Anthony L. Jenkins, Ph.D. as Coppin’s eighth president Friday.

Tagged with: colleges and universities Coppin State University HCBU University System of Maryland

Salisbury University President Charles Wight will retire at the end of the academic and fiscal school year, he announced, after leading the school since 2018.

Tagged with: colleges and universities salisbury university University System of Maryland

The union representing Maryland state government workers Thursday announced a campaign to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill that would allow state university employees to bargain with the University System of Maryland’s chancellor rather than the presidents of individual institutions.  ...

Tagged with: afscme collective bargaining University System of Maryland

Seventy-nine students at Maryland’s largest college, the University of Maryland, College Park, had their fall course registrations canceled due to failure to comply with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements, according to a university spokesperson. The number accounts for less than ...

Tagged with: Covid COVID vaccination st mary's college University of Maryland University System of Maryland vaccination mandates vaccines

University System of Maryland schools have vaccination rates that far surpass those in their local jurisdictions.

Tagged with: Covid COVID vaccination higher education University System of Maryland vaccines

A little over a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced educational institutions online, the University System of Maryland Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation’s online education platform, USMx, surpassed 1 million enrollments. “I never thought we’d get to that number as ...

Tagged with: online learning University System of Maryland

A University System of Maryland Board of Regents member is vowing to refrain from campaign activities after questions were raised about a fundraising email.

Tagged with: campaign fundraising Montgomery County University System of Maryland

An appointment to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents signals more changes to the state Senate.

Tagged with: maryland senate University System of Maryland

Maryland’s public universities have been forced to adapt to one sudden change by shifting their learning online, but they face another looming challenge from the COVID-19 pandemic as the state expects to enact significant budget deficits. Over the past decade, ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 Jay A. Perman University System of Maryland

Maryland universities say they have adapted relatively quickly to their new remote learning reality, but some hiccups remain and distance learning is unlikely to become prevalent in normal circumstances. Administrators anticipated that technology issues for faculty and students may be ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 johns hopkins university morgan state university salisbury university University System of Maryland