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5 days ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
The Johns Hopkins University is pausing pay increases for higher-incomeemployees and freezing staff hiring amid a steady stream of cuts toresearch grants and otherfederal policy proposals expected to hurt its bottom-line, according to a university email. Pay increases for employees effective July 1 will instead be paused for those earning more than $80,000 per year. The hiring freeze will be imposed across the university for new jobs as well as filling open positions.
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1 week ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
Conservatives who want more influence in higher education have a surprising new ally: the president of an elite university. Ron Daniels, president of the Johns Hopkins University, has invested more than a year into a collaboration with the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank, to recruit conservative voices into academia.
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1 week ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Cody Boteler |Ellie Wolfe |Sahana Jayaraman
If Secretary of State Marco Rubio follows through on his threat to revoke Chinese student visas, some Maryland colleges could take a hit. More than a third of the state’s roughly 24,000 international students were from China, during the 2023-2024 school year. That’s according to the latest data from Open Doors, a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and run by the Institute of International Education.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
Maddison Hershey leaves her house for school every day by 7 a.m. She goes to a few high school classes, then over to her local community college for more. After that, she heads to work, not returning home until midnight. Then she does her homework, gets a few hours of sleep and does it all again.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
The University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted on Monday to authorize potential furloughs and temporary salary reductions for university employees. The vote does not mean each of the 12 universities in the system will have to cut salaries or conduct furloughs. Rather, it gives schools the authority to pursue those options as colleges grapple with a 7% state budget cut and the loss of millions of dollars in federal grants.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
Students who formed a short-lived pro-Palestine encampment at the Johns Hopkins University are accusing university and Baltimore police of using excessive force to disperse them, and a community group is calling for an independent investigation. Johns Hopkins officials, on the other hand, say the situation was resolved “in an orderly and highly professional matter,” with university officials on site observing no injuries.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
A cannon went off. A series of young men yelled. Rain came pouring down, soaking them to the bone. No, this wasn’t a cheesy action movie. It was the Herndon Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Since 1962, first-year students at the academy, called plebes,have climbed the 21-foot Herndon Monument, replacing a “Dixie cup” hat at the top with an upperclassman’s hat.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, willlay off staff and isreducing salaries for current employees as the school faces a fiscal year budget reduction of about $33.8 million amid state and federal cuts. University President Bruce Jarrell told the University System ofMaryland Board of Regents Monday evening that the school will lay off 30 full-time staff and eliminate an additional 30 vacant positions.
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4 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
A foreign passport is no longer an accepted form of identification to visit the U.S. Naval Academy, marking the latest change to the Annapolis military academy since President Donald Trump took office in January. The policy was quietly announced on the U.S. Navy’s website.As of Wednesday, visitors accessing the Naval Academy must show a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or a state identification card. They can also present a U.S. passport, but not a foreign one, according to the website.
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1 month ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe
Perhaps anticipating what was to come,U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan spent his opening remarks as chair of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors on Monday imploring members to ignore partisan issues. Two hours later, though, and the Alaska Republican’s advice was out the window. U.S. Sen.
