Education
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Sale of 150-Acre Property Gave This Montco University Breathing Room After Pandemic-Driven Enrollment Dip
When Gwynedd Mercy University acquired a 150-acre property from Merck in 2018 for $12 million, it saw it as a chance to double its campus and outfit the building that stood on the property to complement its health care programs, writes Hilary Burns for the Philadelphia Business Journal. However, once the pandemic hit, those plans…
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Elkins Park’s Salus University Partners with Women’s Prison to Deepen Community Impact
The Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University and its patient care facility, The Eye Institute (TEI), are known for a longtime commitment to serving communities through both academic and clinical optometry. Thanks to a new partnership with the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Cambridge Springs, located in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, the University will…
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Challenge Yourself With DeSales University’s New One-Credit Course, Introduction to Consulting, April 9th & 23rd
This course provides an overview of the consulting profession. The primary objective of this course is to provide you with an opportunity to become familiar with the consulting business, the types of career paths, the challenges of starting and growing a consulting business, and the typical phases of a consulting project. These phases include: selling…
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Malvern Prep Rededicates St. Augustine Statue in Honor of the Largest Donation in School History
In an effort to acknowledge and thank the Maggitti family for their generous $6 million donation announced last week, Malvern Prep held a rededication ceremony on Tuesday of the St. Augustine Sculpture which was a gift from the Maggitti family 20 years ago. The iconic sculpture, Augustine the Teacher, greets everyone who enters Malvern Prep’s…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Launches Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing
Gwynedd Mercy University has announced the introduction of a Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing degree program. Designed to help meet the need for highly skilled nurse leaders, GMercyU’s DEMSN program is designed for individuals who already hold a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field and want to transition to a master’s-level career in nursing. …
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Pennsburg’s Perkiomen School Announces Exciting Partnership with Leighton School of Shanghai, China
Perkiomen School’s Head of School Mark A. Devey has announced a partnership between Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, Pa., and Leighton School, Shanghai, China. Leighton School officially opens its doors to its first group of students in the fall of 2022, becoming the flagship campus of American high schools built by Ligao Education Group in Shanghai. Graduates…
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U.S. News: Villanova Law School Ranks 56th, Down From 53rd Last Year
Villanova University’s Widger School of Law stopped ascending in law school rankings for the first time in recent years, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. It placed at No. 56 this year on the annual law school rankings from U.S. News & World Report, down three slots from last year. In comparison, Temple University…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College, Along With 15 National Colleges, to Confer Honorary Degrees on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Manor College announced today that it will be conferring an honorary degree on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at its upcoming May, 2022 Commencement ceremony. It is the first honorary degree that Manor College has granted in its 75 year history. And in what appears to be a globally unprecedented move, Manor College and 15 other…
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WCU’s Graduate Programs Earn High Praise from U.S. News & World Report
West Chester University appears on several of U.S. News & World Report’s lists of the best graduate schools for 2023. WCU’s master’s of social work is among the nation’s Top 100 MSW programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. WCU is ranked No. 94 in a tie with 21 other schools. This is…
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WCU Receives Largest Cash Donation Ever, Proof That It’s a ‘University Worthy of Big-Time Support’
A $3.5 million gift to West Chester University will focus on student need and student opportunity. The gift, from the nonprofit Support Services Inc., is the largest cash donation the university has ever received. From it, the Students Services Incorporated Presidential Endowment will be created to fund student scholarships, provide financial aid, and fund academic…
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Demographer Offers Unexpected Prediction for Lower Merion School District
After years of increasing enrollment, a demographer is forecasting that Lower Merion School District will see a reverse in this trend and possibly lose hundreds of students over the next decade, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Times & Suburban. Richard Grip is executive director of Statistical Forecasting, a firm that has been providing…
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Abington High School Students Brew Up the Best While Learning Real-world Job Skills
Abington High School students get real-life work experience within their high schools walls, with an in-school coffee window reports Katherine Scott for 6abc. The school’s A.C.T.I.V.E Academy for Young Adults with Complex Needs includes The Perfect Blend, where students can get coffee at school. The students working the coffee shop are the program and are…
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Local Couple Applies Their Lessons from Jenkintown’s Manor College From Classroom to Clinic
The average morning in the Dixon family’s Philadelphia home is loud and hectic. Steven and Autumn Dixon wake up at 5 a.m. and prepare for their jobs at the Women’s Animal Center in Bensalem. The cats – Juniper, Trouble, Sparkle, Moose and Squirrel – all get fed first. Then, their dogs – Mellow, Oscar and…
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$10,000 Scholarship Available at Bryn Mawr’s Harcum College’s Bear-Nanza on April 23
Accepted and prospective students and their families are invited to explore Harcum College’s Bryn Mawr Campus on Saturday, April 23, during Bear-Nanza, a bear-themed open house. Guests can take a self-guided tour, meet with various departments, and hear from current students, faculty, financial aid representatives, and more. Students who are accepted, pay (or have paid) their…
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U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean Celebrated $3.95M in Grants to Support PA Homeless Services at MCCC Event in Blue Bell
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank Pittsburgh) held an event to celebrate $3.95 million in Home4Good funding awarded to programs across the state working to reduce homelessness. Seventy-three programs from 69 organizations in the state received funding. Rep. Madeleine Dean (Pa.-4) joined the event at Montgomery…
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Community Colleges’ Instrumental Role in Montgomery County’s Post-Pandemic Rebuild
With eased COVID-19 restrictions and a “new normal” underway, Montgomery County is in a period of recovery, reconnection, and rebuilding. There’s one type of institution that has been persistently overlooked for its ability to bolster the local workforce amid shortages, catalyze economic recovery, and provide a better life for our region’s citizens – community colleges.…
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New STEM Program Comes to Drexel Neumann Academy in Chester
A ribbon-cutting March 16 launched a new STEM program for fourth-through-eighth graders at Drexel Neumann Academy in Chester. Neumann University is a sponsor and partner for the school. Drexel Neumann Academy partnered with Chemours, a global chemistry company; the NHL, and the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation to help make a new STEM Studio and…
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Pottstown School District Made Changes During Pandemic, Proven to Be Beneficial to Students and Staff
Like all of its counterparts throughout the country, Pottstown School District was forced to make some drastic adjustments in how it provided education during the pandemic, write Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Two years on, the school district is embracing some of these changes for the long run. Many teachers…
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