The University System of Maryland is spearheading a new effort to help more Baltimore students attend college and enter the workforce. Baltimore Power, or B-Power, will see two USM institutions — Coppin State University and the University of Baltimore — ...

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Without a new facility in which to house the program, the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore could lose its accreditation, the university’s president said Monday. So President Juliette B. Bell asked the University System of ...

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Tom Bowling will become Frostburg State University's interim president when the school's current president departs in July, officials announced Friday. Bowling, who has been vice president of student affairs at the university since 2006, will serve until a permanent replacement is found for outgoing President Jonathan Gibralter, who is leaving to become president of Wells College in Aurora, N.Y.

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Incoming USM Chancellor Robert Caret brings cost-saving savvy to his new post – a resume that will come in handy as the state faces falling revenues.

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Two Maryland universities are partnering with a nonprofit research organization to operate a new federally funded research center dedicated to cybersecurity.

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A proposal to relax the rules governing student and faculty use of social media is expected to be approved Friday by University System of Maryland officials.

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An experiment with open-source online textbooks at several Maryland universities last semester yielded promising results, and officials are preparing to expand the program this fall.

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When classes at the University of Maryland University College resume in the fall, it will be business as usual for students. But behind the scenes, major change is brewing.

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Future students in the University System of Maryland might be required to complete a workshop or class about student loan debt before their freshman year or at some other point after enrolling.

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William "Brit" E. Kirwan is stepping down as chancellor of the University System of Maryland after 12 years in that position and 50 years in higher education.

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