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Penn president resigns

Penn President J. Larry Jameson plans to step down next summer

Swarthmore College to cover full tuition for families making under $200,000 starting in fall 2027

Swarthmore College

Haverford College president rejects students' push to remove Howard Lutnick's name from library

Haverford Lutnick Library

Community College of Philadelphia has failed to keep promises made to avert a strike last year, union says

Community College Philadelphia

Haverford College students urge school to consider removing Howard Lutnick's name from its library

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Since affirmative action ended, Philly universities have actually enrolled more Black students

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Medical school enrollment surpasses 100,000 for first time as application numbers rebound

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Looking Back at 2025

Looking back at 2025: How Penn scrambled to navigate pressure from the Trump administration

Donald Trump vs. Penn

Colman Domingo to give Temple University's commencement speech in the spring

Transportation barriers prevent some Philly students from visiting colleges, so Pa. state schools are facilitating bus trips

After turbulent year, Penn climbs to No. 7 in U.S. News rankings of universities

Penn US News rankings

Penn law school adds Sadie Alexander fellowship after backlash over pausing scholarship named after activist

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Postdoctoral scholars and research assistants at Penn vote to unionize

penn postdoc union

Ozzy Osbourne's first U.S. concert was at at Rowan University's gym and his band blew out the power twice

Harrisburg University to close Philly campus at the end of August

Harrisburg University Closure

Trump administration likely violated Constitution in Columbia activist case, judge says

Rosemont College is merging with Villanova University in 2027

Villanova Rosemont merger

Community College of Philadelphia professors, staffers authorize a strike

CCP unions strike

Penn State plans to close some satellite campuses, but Philly-area branches will be spared

Penn State Closures

What happens to a school that refuses to obey the Trump ban on transgender athletes?

Pennsylvania considers tying college funding to performance at Temple, Penn State and Pitt

temple PA funding

College students caught between professors' AI bans and employers' growing demand for AI skills

Penn condemns professor's praise for Luigi Mangione, alum charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

Mangione Penn Professor

Temple University unveils plans for new 199,000-square-foot media, performing arts building

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Penn is among U.S. colleges changing financial aid eligibility in move to make college more affordable

Penn financial aid

New Temple President John Fry lays out goals, including expanding in Center City

John Fry Temple

Drexel administrator charged for alleged drunken confrontation with police inside SEPTA station

Drexel Administrator Charged

St. Joe's 'Original Hawk' Jim Brennan leaves behind legacy of connectedness, school spirit and continuous flapping

jim brennan SJU hawk

Temple University warns community of scam involving callers impersonating police

temple university police scam

Penn State Abington to construct its first new academic building in more than 50 years

Penn State Abington

Denis O’Brien named interim president of Drexel following John Fry's departure for Temple

Denis O'Brien Drexel interim president

Bryn Mawr College moves graduation site due to pro-Palestine encampment

Bryn Mawr Graduation

Thomas Jefferson University apologizes for commencement presenter butchering graduates' names

Jefferson Commencement Names

Penn encampment continues into second week after talks with administration

Penn Palestine encampment chant

Graduate student workers hold rally, accuse Penn of union-busting tactics

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Overbrook shooting victim left to die at St. Joseph's University, police say

St. Joseph's shooting victim

Shooting near Muhlenberg College in Allentown injures 4 people

muhlenberg university lockdown

Gov. Shapiro lays out sweeping plan to reform higher education in Pennsylvania

U.S. House committee claims Penn enabled 'pervasive antisemitism' on campus

Penn antisemitism House probe

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to end its college degree programs

PAFA College closing

Penn taps Ramanan Raghavendran to head its board of trustees

Ramanan Raghavendran Penn

Drexel University added to list of schools under federal investigation for alleged discrimination

Drexel discrimination investigation

Penn's faculty sign letter opposing trustee, donor influence

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