Evelyn Blower

2 weeks ago | temple-news.com | Evelyn Blower

Nearly two weeks after the Department of Education filed a 50% worker reduction and reopened Title IX investigations into several universities, many colleges, including Temple, are navigating the new challenges higher education faces. “The current higher education landscape remains complex and challenging, and I know that impacts all of us in significant ways, personally and professionally,” wrote President John Fry in a letter to the Temple community on March 21.

2 weeks ago | temple-news.com | Evelyn Blower

Tuttleman Counseling Services, the university’s main source of mental health support, has changed several of its programs to address direct concerns from students, including being waitlisted, difficulty accessing services when needing help and short operating hours. “I hear it from students, I hear it from administrators, I hear it from a lot of people that TCS has really changed, that it feels much more accessible,” said Andrew Lee, director of Tuttleman Counseling Services.

2 weeks ago | temple-news.com | Evelyn Blower

Five years after a Temple audit suggested The Philadelphia Inquirer increase its civic engagement, the paper announced it is dissolving its communities and engagement desk. The dissolution included the dismissal of ten newsroom staffers, sparking questions about the future of the largest Philadelphia news publisher’s community-based journalism.

2 weeks ago | temple-news.com | Evelyn Blower

Temple’s Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, a program focused on mental health inclusion, could be affected by cuts to the Administration on Community Living in the federal Health and Human Services department. The Collaborative works on research projects to promote community living and participation for people with serious mental illnesses, like chronic depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and other debilitating conditions.

3 weeks ago | temple-news.com | Evelyn Blower

An unnamed Temple student had their student visa revoked by the Secretary of State for unknown reasons, the university’s Office of Global Engagement discovered in a routine review of visa records. The student, whose identity was not shared out of concern for their privacy, elected to return to their home country, President John Fry wrote in a statement to the Temple community Wednesday. “I recognize that news like this is deeply alarming,” Fry wrote.