higher education

August 13, 2020 | 12:20 PM

Penn State reverses course, plans to provide modified COVID-19 agreement for students

Some had criticized the university for forcing students to "assume any and all risk" of contracting the virus, which they said amounted to a liability waiver.

By Sara Simon/Spotlight PA

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

August 3, 2020 | 6:58 AM

Back to school?

Pa.'s higher ed leaders weigh best approaches to fall reopening

By Russ Walker

Min Xian

July 14, 2020 | 8:29 AM

Pennsylvania joins other states in suing to stop new student visa rule

Pennsylvania has joined 16 other states and Washington D.C. in suing the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement over a new policy.

The lawsuit filed Monday comes a week after ICE made sudden changes to its rules for F-1 and M1 visas, which international students use to attend college in the United States. Under the “Temporary Final Rule”, they could lose their visas if all their fall classes moved online — a measure some universities have decided to take to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

By Alanna Elder

July 11, 2020 | 6:52 AM

Foreign students weigh studying in person vs. losing visas

By The Associated Press

Ryan Blackwell

June 25, 2020 | 5:19 AM

College consolidations coming? Plan to shake up higher-ed in Pa. moves forward

In essence, the schools would be bound tighter together under the auspices of an empowered PASSHE board and chancellor.

By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads

May 29, 2020 | 6:47 AM

Colleges face student lawsuits seeking refunds after coronavirus closures

By Anna Kamenetz/NPR

Commonwealth Media Services

April 15, 2020 | 6:30 AM

Pa.’s state universities facing immediate hit of up to $100 million as lawmaker floats closures as worst-case scenario

The losses are the result of a system-wide shutdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak and primarily account for refunded room and board payments.

By Gillian McGoldrick of LNP | LancasterOnline

Gene J. Puskar

Updated: March 18, 2020 | 10:50 am

Here’s how Pennsylvania colleges are reacting to the coronavirus

By Benjamin Pontz

AP Photo / Matt Rourke

March 3, 2020 | 5:32 PM

State university system leader says cost of higher ed is driving enrollment decline

Decline is largest among students from families with less than $110,000 in annual income

By Ed Mahon

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

February 26, 2020 | 2:39 PM

Pa.’s agriculture secretary confronted about past opposition to cutting horse racing subsidies

In 2017, he opposed a $27 million cut, but now backs governor's plan to shift $200 million away from fund supporting horse farms and tracks

By Ed Mahon

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