Tag: Temple University

Leadership & Policy

Dr. Jason Wingard Named First Black President of Temple University

Dr. Jason Wingard has been selected president of Temple University, becoming the school’s first Black president. Wingard is the former dean and professor of the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University. He has also served as chief learning officer at Goldman Sachs; founder and chairman of The Education Board, Inc; vice dean of the […]

June 8, 2021

News Roundup

Temple U Hires Outside Law Firm To Probe Leadership at Its College of Education

Temple University has hired an outside law firm to investigate the leadership of Dr. Gregory M. Anderson, dean of Temple’s College of Education and Human Development, following faculty complaints, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. In July, about half of the college’s 70 full-time faculty signed a letter in which they alerted the university to the dean’s […]

January 19, 2021

Latest News

Temple Settles With Department of Ed for False Rankings of Its Online MBA

Temple University will pay a civil fine of $700,000 to the U.S. Education Department for knowingly submitting false data to the U.S. News and World Report in an effort to inflate the rankings of its Fox School of Business’ online MBA program.

December 8, 2020

African-American

Temple University Plans to Put $1M Toward Antiracist Education

This fall, Temple University pledged to put a million dollars toward anti-racist education and programming in the wake of this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests.

November 4, 2020

News Roundup

Selection Committee to Pick New Temple University President Draws Criticism

A committee of 18 people is leading the search for Temple University’s new president. But a group of faculty, elected officials and residents worry that the committee, mostly comprised of White men, won’t make a culturally competent choice, reports WHYY. As it stands, the search committee to replace Dr. Richard Englert, who announced plans to retire […]

September 22, 2020

Students

After Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor Resigns

Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.

June 3, 2020

African-American

Student Parents Face Severe Housing and Food Insecurity, a New Report Finds

Student parents face severe housing and food insecurity, according to a new report from the Hope Center For College, Community, and Justice, a research center focused on college completion.

May 7, 2020

COVID-19

Berea College Praised For Coronavirus Response

Kentucky’s Berea College is winning plaudits for the way it is dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Berea has canceled all in-person classes from March 13 until, it appears, the end of the academic year. The institution has also put in place measures to help families deal with the financial impact of asking most students to leave campus.

March 12, 2020

Latest News

Roots to Re-entry Project Provides Landscape Training to Formerly Incarcerated Men

LandCare’s Roots to Re-entry project employs and trains formerly incarcerated people who transform vacant lots into “pocket parks” with playground equipment barbecue grills, all while lowering crime.

March 9, 2020

Students

Temple University Scholarship Honors Journalist Alumna

Starting this spring, Temple University will memorialize journalist Lorraine Branham through a new scholarship awarded to a Klein College of Media and Communication student every year, The Temple News reported. Branham, a Temple University alumna and former Syracuse University dean, died of uterine cancer this year at age 66. Branham attended Temple University as a […]

September 27, 2019

Students

Temple Promoting Healthy Attitude Toward Grad Student Success

Embracing its role as an urban institution, Temple University provides opportunities for graduate students of diverse backgrounds and interests. Temple has a legacy of diversity initiatives dating back to the Future Faculty Program for underrepresented students, which was founded in 1988.

August 26, 2019

News Roundup

Man Arrested for Threats Against Temple University

A Pennsylvania man has been jailed on $100,000 bond after being charged with making threats against Temple University and its police department while buying ammunition at a Walmart last week, according to a Washington Post story. The Bucks County district attorney’s office said Patrick Buhler, who has addresses in Morrisville and Mount Bethel, was arraigned […]

August 5, 2019