Education

Amidst a statewide shutdown that saw many Pennsylvanians confined to home, the state’s taxpayer-supported student financial aid agency voted last week to relax grant requirements for students whose degree programs stand to be affected...

We must encourage and support our public educators to find ways to keep our students actively involved in learning and engaged.

The cancellation comes nearly a week after Gov. Tom Wolf ordered Pennsylvania schools to close amid growing concerns of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Schools across the commonwealth will close for two weeks under a new order from Gov. Tom Wolf to contain the spread of COVID-19.All 500 school districts will be shuttered for 10 business days, until...

Lincoln began emptying out its dormitories on Wednesday. The university will shut them down — for the remainder of the semester — by Sunday.

(*This op-Ed has been updated to correctly reflect the number of community colleges in New York, New Jersey and Ohio.)By Ronald A. DiNicola Next week, the state Board of Education will have an opportunity to...

Pennsylvania's two senators, Democrat Bob Casey, and Republican Pat Toomey, split on the vote. The House has approved its own version.

By Malcolm Kenyatta Many people rightly look at college as a place for career education and self-discovery. The cost of this experience regularly comes with a significant amount of student debt. And for nearly one-third...

The program targets the role played by poverty in preventing city residents from pursuing a college education.

The confrontation came during back-to-back budget hearings Tuesday for Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education as well as the four partially-public universities, including Penn State University.