Susan Snyder
Philly Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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‘Abbott Elementary’s’ Quinta Brunson will speak at Penn education school’s commencement
And Tony award-winning actress and singer/songwriter Idina Menzel of "Frozen" fame will deliver Penn's main commencement speech. → Read More
Temple grad students overwhelmingly ratify agreement, ending their six-week strike
Details on when and how striking graduate students will return to their teaching and research jobs are still being worked out, the university said. → Read More
St. Joe’s interim president is elevated to permanent post to become school’s first female president
Cheryl A. McConnell, who had been interim president for more than nine months and provost the three years prior to that, is St. Joe's first female president. → Read More
Temple reaches another tentative agreement with the striking graduate student union
This time, the negotiating team and the executive board for the Temple University Graduate Students Association has endorsed the tentative agreement. Members of the union will vote in the coming days. → Read More
Temple’s graduate student strike has impacted the education for some undergraduates
"I’ve given up trying to learn anything," Grace DiMartini, a sophomore from Maryland, said of her philosophy class that was moved to an asynchronous online course when the strike started. → Read More
Temple reports progress in negotiations with striking grad students and plans to meet again Wednesday
Because of the “good faith effort” shown by the Temple University Graduate Students Association, Temple said it would immediately restore health insurance subsidies for striking graduate students. → Read More
Temple faculty union debates no-confidence vote in President Wingard, but makes no decisions
The executive committee of the Temple Association of University Professionals, the faculty union, will meet Monday afternoon to talk about the next steps, said Jeffrey Doshna, TAUP president. → Read More
Stockton University names N.J. native as its new president
Joe Bertolino has spent more than three decades in higher education, most recently at Southern Connecticut State University, where he has worked since 2016 and has been known as “President Joe." → Read More
Penn raises tuition, other costs 4%, while expanding full financial aid to more families
The University of Pennsylvania will increase total costs including tuition and room and board 4% next year, while expanding full aid to more families. → Read More
Temple students protest campus safety problems in the wake of an officer’s killing
The protest was called by Keep Us Safe Temple University, a group started last fall by a Bucks County finance major after students were victims of armed robberies and home invasions. → Read More
‘What gets measured gets managed’: Penn State president launches her vision for the university
A diversity dashboard is part of her plan to address DEI goals, one of five broad areas she laid out: Others include students’ employment outcomes and interdisciplinary research. → Read More
Temple defends its police staffing struggles after the shooting death of one of its officers
Charles H. Ramsey, former Philly police commissioner, who's reviewing Temple's police department, said nothing he found it "was doing or not doing" could have prevented Christopher Fitzgerald's death. → Read More
Temple grad students overwhelmingly vote down proposed contract, strike continues
It’s unclear what will happen next, but it surely means more headaches for a university already in crisis as it copes with the aftermath of the shooting death of one of its police officers. → Read More
Dancing for a reason: Local students play major roles in Penn State’s THON
Michael Wang, of Hatfield, is dancing for his friend, who used to be a THON volunteer, then got cancer and became a beneficiary. → Read More
Temple police officer shot and killed pursuing a robbery suspect, officials say
The officer was chasing a convenience store robbery suspect, Temple says. → Read More
Temple University and striking graduate students reach tentative agreement
No details were immediately available. The union had been seeking a 50% wage hike, while the university was offering 3%. → Read More
Major renovations planned for Penn State’s Beaver Stadium
With a capacity of 106,572 people, it is among the largest-capacity college football stadiums in the country. → Read More
Temple undergrads caught in tug-of-war as afternoon walkout is planned
Some students have had classes canceled and are getting conflicting messages from the university and their former graduate student instructors. → Read More
Walkout planned at Temple as grad student union strike is in its third week
The strike is the first by the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association, which represents about 750 part-time assistants who teach classes and assist with research. → Read More
How does Temple grad students’ pay compare to other schools?
At Temple, the average base pay for graduate teaching and research assistants is $19,500 a year. Many other schools have higher base pay. → Read More