University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert L. Caret says getting students to graduate sooner can translate to big savings for the system’s member schools. Increasing the speed of college completion is one of Caret’s two chief priorities as chancellor, he ...

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University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert L. Caret has appointed Patrick N. Hogan as the system’s vice chancellor for government relations. Hogan, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and the brother of Gov. Larry Hogan, will join ...

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One hundred twenty-five Maryland university alumni unlawfully denied in-state tuition rates will share in a $1.6 million recovery against the state under a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge’s order issued last week.

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After the recent shooting deaths of nine students at a community college in Oregon, campus security plans adopted by many colleges and universities after the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech have come under new scrutiny. Here’s a look at some ...

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University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert L. Caret will take a four-day bus tour of the state next week to meet with business leaders and government officials and discuss what the system’s institutions have to offer. “We want to let ...

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The University System of Maryland wants to let liberal arts and social sciences students who need to take developmental math courses pursue a new curriculum that will be more in line with their majors than the traditional, calculus-track program. Now, ...

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Reuters has ranked the 100 most innovative universities from across the globe, a list that includes Johns Hopkins University and the University System of Maryland as a whole. Each university was judged on ten criteria — including the volume of patent ...

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Members of the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents want to establish a new venture capital fund to support startups and keep them from leaving the state as they grow. The proposed Maryland Innovation Venture Capital Fund — which ...

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Patrick J. Hogan, who has served as the University System of Maryland’s vice chancellor for government relations since 2007, will step down at the end of September, the university system announced Monday. Hogan, who previously served in the Maryland Senate, ...

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The final fundraising numbers are in, and the University of Maryland, College Park had a very good year. The campus, which recently joined the Big Ten athletic conference, raised more than $203 million in donations in fiscal 2015; it had ...

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