Susan Snyder
Higher Education Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Higher education reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pulitzer Prize winner
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5 days ago |
inquirer.com | Susan Snyder
The Museum of the American Revolution on Saturday unveiled the largest exhibit of American Revolutionary War flags in more than two centuries, featuring about half of the 30 flags still known to exist. The “Banners of Liberty” exhibit opening coincided with the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard ‘round the world” that started the American Revolutionary War during the Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Susan Snyder
Attracting more students from out of state, working closely with businesses to meet their needs and high schools to create “a college-going culture,” and offering grants to help students near college completion were some ideas floated during a hearing Thursday on higher education in Pennsylvania.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Jeff Gammage |Susan Snyder
Two international students at a small Catholic college in Pennsylvania have sued the Trump administration over its cancellation of their ability to study in this country. They asked the federal court to quickly issue a temporary restraining order to halt action against them, and assert that their capacity to pursue their education should be fully restored.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Susan Snyder
It’s been a week since the Community College of Philadelphia ousted its president, and an interim leader has not been named. Representatives of the college are scheduled to go before City Council on April 29 as part of budget deliberations, and the college’s commencement is set for May 3, but it’s unknown who will be in the leadership role for those events. That has left some of those on the ground at CCP feeling a little uneasy.
The new state board for higher education is getting started as colleges face challenges and scrutiny
1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Susan Snyder
Pennsylvania’s new board overseeing higher education will hold a public hearing Thursday in Philadelphia to gather ideas on developing a strategic plan to improve performance and coordination among colleges, as the sector faces perhaps its greatest challenges in decades. Both private and public universities have been losing enrollment as the number of high school graduates falls — with another dip beginning next year and a 12% decline expected in Pennsylvania by 2037.
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