Education
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WSJ: Penn Ranks Among Top Ten Colleges for High-Paying Careers in Finance, Tech, and Consulting
The University of Pennsylvania is among the top colleges in the nation for high-paying careers in finance, tech, and consulting, writes Alyssa Lukpat for The Wall Street Journal. Penn ranked in fourth place among the private colleges where graduates earn higher pay than the median graduate in finance. The university alumni who go into finance…
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Philadelphia Teacher Provides Elementary School Students With Vocational Training
A Philadelphia teacher is making sure that his students have the basic vocational skills before they leave elementary school, writes Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Every day, Evin Jarrett teaches 10-, 11-, and 12-year-olds at Mayfair Elementary School the foundational elements of career and technical education, including elements of plumbing, carpentry, electrical work,…
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Holy Family University Graduate Oversees Quality of Life in Philadelphia with a Catholic Conscience
The view from Bridget Collins-Greenwald’s seventh-floor office in Philadelphia’s City Hall — a stunning one that overlooks Dilworth Plaza and provides a clear sightline down the beautiful Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the iconic Art Museum — is drastically different from the vantage point of the Marsden Street apartment and Ditman Street rowhouse in Tacony that…
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Haverford College Seeks $1 Billion Endowment Amid Plans For Future Take Shape
Haverford College President Wendy Raymond is making fundraising a priority as the college moves forward with its strategic, and in-the-works campus plan, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To this end, Raymond has set a $1 billion goal for the school’s endowment, which would entail about a 50 percent increase in the school’s…
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Philadelphia Leadership: Ronald Matthews, President, Eastern University
Ronald Matthews, President of Eastern University, spoke to PHILADELPHIA Today about growing up in Philadelphia, where his parents encouraged his passion for music from a young age. He started playing piano at age 4 and got his first job playing organ at a local church at 14. In addition to practicing his various musical instruments,…
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PAFA’s Decision To End Degree Program is Just One Part of Transformational Change Forthcoming
Change is afoot for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), one of the nation’s great art schools, writes Peter Dobrin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. At the start of the year, PAFA announced it would be phasing out its undergraduate and graduate degree program, marking one of a series of institutional changes the academy…
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Philadelphia Leadership: John Kepner, Board Member, Gwynedd Mercy University
John Kepner, a board member at Gwynedd Mercy University, spoke with PHILADELPHIA Today about growing up in North Jersey, where a chance friendship sparked a lifelong passion for diversity and social justice. He also recalled learning the value of hard work from his summer job at Prudential Life Insurance. Kepner discussed his career in law…
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Transfer Student From Turkey Finds a New Path at Neumann University
A Neumann University transfer student from Turkey is reinventing herself. Sumbul Kiroglu hopes to draw on previous engineering skills to create innovation in the health care sciences, reports Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. Sumbul Kiroglu was a mineralogist, petrologist, and spectral geologist in Turkey, working in the gold mining sector for eight years. Now she’s at…
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Drexel University Receives $15 Million Gift From Howley Foundation To Launch New Scholarship Program
Drexel University recently received a new $15 million gift from the Howley Foundation, founded by Drexel alumnus and billionaire Nick Howley, and his wife, Lorie, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Nick is a 1975 graduate of Drexel, as well as the founder and chairman of Cleveland-based TransDigm Group, an aerospace manufacturing giant.…
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Eastern University’s Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Earns High Praise from Forbes
Forbes has ranked Eastern University’s Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership third on its list of the Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Programs for 2024. The list ranked 60 accredited, nonprofit universities offering the degree program at a doctoral level. Eastern University’s Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership equips students to serve as transformational change agents in business and beyond, offering three specialization…
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Edison High School Opens New Gaming Room After Principal Wins Lindback Award
Edison High School in Northeast Philadelphia has opened a new gaming room for its students, writes Mike Denardo for KYW Newsradio. The room includes flat screens, arcade games, furniture, and a colorful mural with a comic book vibe. Last year, Lillian Izzard, the school’s principal, was awarded the Lindback Award. The decision to open the…
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Temple Opens New Incubator Space, Eyes Turning North Philadelphia Into An Innovation Hub
Temple University recently opened iNest, a new incubator space that the school hopes can ignite innovation in North Philadelphia, writes Ryan Mullian for PHL Inno. The incubator is meant to be a catalyst for innovative research, commercializing ideas, and producing startups, in the mold of the Penn Center for Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.…
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Program Spotlight: Online Certificate In Medical Billing
Are you interested in pursuing a career in one of the fastest-growing fields? Earning a Certificate in Medical Billing from Peirce College is a great way to start your career in health information management. The college’s Online Medical Billing Certificate is an ideal credential for those interested in entering the healthcare and health information management field, especially…
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Neumann University Honors Five Alums From Delaware County
Five Neumann Delaware County alums were honored by the university with the annual Alumni Association Awards, presented on March 12. Edith Burnham Maletsky, a resident of Aston, received the John Neumann Award for her professional development, service to the university, and commitment to community service. Maletsky received her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1976 at…
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Greater Philadelphia’s Most Selective Colleges and Universities Are Getting Even Choosier
The most selective colleges and universities in the Philadelphia region are getting even choosier, especially the University of Pennsylvania, which came out on top of the list of the area’s most selective higher education institutions, write Joanne Drilling and Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Business Journals used data from the U.S. Department…
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Forbes: How A Former English Teacher Climbed the Ladder to Become Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education
Former superintendent of the Lower Merion School District Khalid N. Mumin, who was confirmed as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education earlier this year, credits his 10th-grade English teacher for influencing his career choice, writes Vicki Phillips for Forbes. Mr. Smith inspired him to go into teaching English, showing him how English and literature could open up worlds…
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Wilmington University Plays a Key Role in Climate Change Research
Researchers at Wilmington University (WilmU) are working to find ways to make sea coral more robust to combat the impact of climate change. Samantha Kidwell, an undergrad majoring in Biology, was named a student facilitator trainee in the project by the CAREERS Cyberteam Program at The Yale Center for Research Computing. She is working under…
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Two Peirce College Students Awarded The Paradigm Scholarship For Working Women
Peirce College is committed to making higher education accessible and affordable through innovative programs — like credit for prior learning and test out — flexible transfer policies, and tuition discount partnerships. Peirce also makes higher education accessible and attainable by helping its students fund their degrees through a robust menu of scholarship options and support. …
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