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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's bold plan for higher education overhaul aims at accessibility, affordability, and workforce development, garnering initial support. Read to learn more.
Many of Pennsylvania’s community colleges and libraries are eating into their reserves, as they wait for state lawmakers to end the budget impasse.
The pandemic is quickening the pace of permanent change at colleges, leading to more online classes, flexible scheduling and student support services.
Pennsylvania’s governor is proposing a scholarship program for in-state college students for a third time. The stakes haven’t changed, but neither has the opposition from the horse-racing industry, whose revenues would partly fund the program.
York Dispatch Most colleges in the York County area are not planning to require their students be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the fall as many other higher education institutions across the country weigh in with varying decisions. Officials from Penn State York and Harrisburg Area Community College confirmed that they are not planning to require their students receive the COVID-19 vaccine. York College is expected to announce a decision on vaccines by May 10. Colleges and universities throughout the U.S. have been inconsistent so far about vaccine requirements. Many private universities h...