A 2.25 percent salary hike for Penn State president

Malayshia Allford was a smart, smiling 10-year-old in need of stability. Philadelphia officials placed her with schoolteacher Carprice Williams to keep her safe. Instead, the unthinkable happened.

In a tense situation involving City Council, the Academy, and the University, mediator David L. Cohen has said the "public vilification and witch hunt" is standing in the way of a solution.

As part of the settlement with residents, the Montgomery County district will have to create an area for demonstrators outside school board meetings.

With the state board of education not expected to vote on new cut scores until next week, the Philadelphia school district is now accepting applications for selective schools through Dec. 16.

Drexel said entrants to the program had declined, but students, alumni and a Philadelphia School District principal said the program is vital and should continue. A Dec. 5 rally is planned.

Ten schools are slated to close at the end of the 2026-27 school year. The PFT’s counterproposal would keep all of them open.

The Wynnewood school said it believes the gift is one of the largest ever to an independent day school in the Philadelphia region.

The Believe & Belong in Veterinary Medicine program was formed in 2023 to expose students in underrepresented communities to the profession.

Temple started its first adult study abroad program in 2021 with 10 students. It has since grown to two cohorts, one in the spring and one in the fall, serving about 100 students.

The school already has raised $64 million during the quiet phase, and the funding is for student scholarships, experiential learning opportunities, and facility upgrades, the school said in a release.

The Villanova Spires — an all-male a cappella group — began performing the surprise personalized birthday songs mostly on campus last November; now they have more requests than they can handle.

Some people are abandoning office jobs for teaching, healthcare, and the trades. But switching to the new paths can come with trade-offs.

Joel Dales, 58, a Philadelphia native whose father was a police officer in North Philadelphia and who joined the department in 1990, will take over on Dec. 7.

The pause came hours after the school said it placed two fraternities on interim suspension as it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct and hazing. The pause affects 300 student groups.

J.S. Jenks, on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill, sent its 350-plus students home early Wednesday because of a water service disruption. It's not clear when the issue will be resolved.

The two fraternities on suspension are Pi Kappa Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha, a university spokesperson said.

Helen Bowman, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at Drexel, will start her new role at Boston University as executive vice president on Jan. 1.

The Justice Department asked Harvard for applicants’ grades, test scores, essays, extracurricular activities, and admissions outcomes, along with their race and ethnicity. Harvard refused.

“By shifting to breakfast after the bell, we removed every barrier standing our students and the nourishment they need in order to fully engage in our instructional program,” one principal said.

His Commerce Department has been increasingly criticized in recent months for giving Nvidia unusual access to rulemaking and investigations, and standing in the way of sanctions on Nvidia’s customers.

The approach outlined by Rep. Brendan Boyle, who is in line to be chair of the House Budget Committee in January, would be one way of forcing Trump to either embrace or veto popular measures.

After St. Joe’s 83-77 win over Penn in front of a near sold-out crowd at Hagan Arena, Steve Donahue and Fran McCaffery weighed in on next year’s changes to the Big 5 format.

President Donald Trump also posted that his predecessor Joe Biden made "an old and broken system worse than when they began."

Beyond securing grants, the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition gives Philadelphia’s new arrivals a support system that is now being tested on several fronts.

Neither Michael Neal or Rob Feeley left the show with a ring on their finger. But their time in cherry and white helped them navigate the spotlight.