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Work of higher education advisory council could start this year
State officials are drawing up bylaws for the panel that will referee fights between state university campuses when they offer conflicting degrees, with an eye toward a launch this fall. The post Work of higher education advisory council could start this year appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Goucher and Edenwald are advancing plans to redefine the college ‘senior’
For decades, the Edenwald retirement community has towered over the Goucher College campus, on land purchased from the college many years ago. Edenwald residents have enjoyed their proximity to the campus loop and to the trails that wind through the college’s acres of woods. Now plans are underway to expand this arrangement by creating what’s known as a University Retirement Community, or URC.
New Endowed Faculty Positions for Five Women in Academia
Has been named the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She most recently served as a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. In addition to her new role, she will retain a current appointment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Survey: Suicide attempts decline among Maryland high schoolers, though numbers remain alarming
Nearly 1 in 10 Maryland high school students reported attempting suicide at least once in the year leading up to the fall of 2022, according to the latest results from a national survey administered every two years by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An even greater share of students said they seriously considered attempting suicide (17.9%) or made a plan about how they ...
Coppin State leads next generation of Baltimore entrepreneurs
Dr. Ron Williams, the founder of the Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management at Coppin State University, is helping young adults across the Baltimore area prepare for a career in entrepreneurship. He joined Fox 45 along with one of his students, Jima Chester, to talk about the...
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