Education
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The Learning Experience coming to Limerick Township
The Learning Experience®, one of the nation’s fastest-growing Academies of Early Education for children six weeks to six years old, is pleased to announce its expansion in the greater Philadelphia region with its Limerick, Montgomery County, center opening soon at 101 Keystone Drive in the Linfield Corporate Center. The premier childcare and preschool center is expected to open on January 15, 2018, and is currently offering…
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Financial troubles may lead to sale of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Years-long efforts by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to decide on the future of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary hit the Wynnewood school’s bottom line in the year ended June 30, according to financial statements released in mid-December. St. Charles Borromeo recorded $2.2 million in expenses related both to a study of the feasibility of moving the seminary…
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529 plans now cover private schools
So it actually happened. Just last month, it was not certain that the Senate would go along with the House of Representatives’ proposal to let families use 529 college savings plans to pay for private school from elementary school onward. In a bill that offered many perks for the wealthy, the 529 provision was a…
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Manor College announces prestigious scholarship semifinalists.
Manor College is pleased to announce three students in the Allied Health Program have been selected as semi-finalists for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship for transfer students. Approximately 2,400 students from across the country applied, and only the top 20% are chosen as semifinalists. The finalists will be selected in April, 2018. The three…
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Villanova University’s College of Engineering scores huge donation
A $1.25 million donation from the Harris Corporation will bolster a summer innovation incubator at Villanova University’s College of Engineering, permanently funding and renaming it the Harris Summer Innovation Program. The bulk of the gift, the largest the college has received from a single corporate donor, will endow the program and a portion, $250,000, will fund programmatic…
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Arcadia University taps Ajay Nair for president
Arcadia University, roiled by leadership troubles in recent years, has hired a new president – a senior vice president and dean of campus life at Emory University in Georgia. Ajay Nair will be the first president of color in the Glenside university’s 164-year history and is among few American born college presidents of Indian descent…
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Paul Finkelman named Gratz College’s new president
After a months-long, nationwide search, Gratz College has named Dr. Paul Finkelman as its new president. The 11th president in the institution’s 122-year history, Finkelman succeeds Joy Goldstein, who resigned in December 2016. Finkelman brings decades of academic and legal experience to Gratz. He has published in a wide variety of areas, including American Jewish…
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Antonelli trade school to close after 30 years
More than 30 years after it opened, the Antonelli Medical & Professional Institute in Lower Pottsgrove Township will close by the end of December, leaving students scrambling to find a school where they can finish their training. The school at 1700 Industrial Blvd. offers day and evening classes for medical assistants, medical secretaries, nurses’ aides…
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Eight of PA’s top 25 private schools are in Montco
There are hundreds of private schools in Pennsylvania, including Catholic schools, boarding schools, day schools and more. The schools with the highest academic rankings are also the most expensive and they are largely based in the Philadelphia suburbs, writes Candy Woodall for pennlive.com. Some of them are so expensive they cost more than a full…
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Temple’s Fox School of Business eyes fall opening in Conshohocken
The Fox School of Business will open a new location in Conshohocken for its part-time master’s program in Fall 2018. The program was created to make earning a master’s degree more accessible for students living in suburban areas outside Philadelphia, as well as to pilot a curriculum combining face-to-face and online learning, writes Alyssa Biederman for temple-news.com…
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St. Joe’s Avery Marz makes it all the way back
The date “8-23-14” is tattooed on Avery Marz’s left shoulder. It’s a constant reminder of the day her life changed, the moment her college basketball career almost ended before it ever began, according to a story in usatoday.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] She was 17 then, when she suffered a stroke while moving into her dorm at…
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Athletes Academy protegee Miles Green to reveal his D1 college decision
Athletes Academy protegee Miles Green will reveal his D1 college decision where he honed his skills to become one of the top prep hurdlers in the country. Green, a junior at St. Joseph’s Prep, has been setting records for years in track and now it’s all paying off with a bevy of big name NCAA…
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Which college will provide the highest salary for your graduate?
Wondering where your son or daughter should go to college? How about the one that produces the top salaries after graduation? Temple is tops in our area. The U.S. Department of Education has released its latest College Scorecard – an in-depth look at performance of virtually all colleges, universities and technical schools where students are…
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Ukrainian forum draws dignitaries to Manor College
Manor College hosted its fourth Ukraine focused dialogue on campus on October 26, 2017. The college welcomed U.S Congressman and Co-Chair of the Ukraine Caucus, Brian Fitzpatrick; US Congressman and Ukraine Caucus member Brendan Boyle; First Ambassador of the U.S to Ukraine, Hon. Roman Popadiuk; and US Justice Department Prosecutor and Advisor to the Procurator’s…
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Spring-Ford Area High School donates $10K to Camp Rainbow
Camp Rainbow Inc. is the beneficiary of a $10,000 contribution, thanks to recent fundraising efforts at Spring-Ford Area High School. Each year Spring-Ford High School hosts a Powder Puff game at the end of its Homecoming Spirit Week. The high school’s student council organized the game and voted to donate all proceeds to Camp Rainbow…
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Temple’s Fox School of Business coming to West Conshohocken
Temple University’s Fox School of Business is opening a new presence in Philadelphia’s western suburbs, as it aims to draw suburbanites who also work outside the city and don’t want to battle traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway. Fox’s Assistant Dean of Marketing and Graduate Enrollment Tom Kegelman said the school is launching a cohort-based, part-time…
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Joseph Toner promoted within Manor College Board of Trustees
The Manor College Board of Trustees recently elected Joseph Toner as Vice Chairman and Treasurer. Toner joined the Council of the President’s Association in 1987 and the Board of Trustees in 1993. Toner served as Board Chairman from 1995-1999. He has been an active Manor College Board of Trustees and has held various positions throughout…
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Montgomery County Community College 3rd best in the state
Montgomery County Community College ranks third on best community colleges list. Butler Community College has been named the No. 1 best community college in Pennsylvania, according to an analysis by Schools.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Pennsylvania has a long history of taking higher education seriously. From the first official university founded in the U.S. to cutting-edge online schools in…
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