Higher education

Sherita Golden, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, resigned from her position after months of controversy over her definition of privilege.

Baltimore’s young people older than 16 often find a lack of educational and other resources aimed at helping them transition to adulthood, Julia Baez, the CEO of Baltimore’s Promise, says.

The University of Maryland at College Park has suspended Greek life social activities involving alcohol amid allegations of hazing. Some national fraternity and sorority organizations think the college went too far.

The University of Maryland, College Park, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the leadership of fraternity and sorority organizations on campus and began an investigation into “activities that have threatened the safety and well-being of members of the University community.”

The life of abolitionist, clergyman and historian James W.C. Pennington, the first Black person to study at Yale, began in enslavement in Maryland.

Two Marines were charged by the University of Maryland Police Department in a hate bias incident at a dorm.

“The worst case scenario that I have in my head is a member of the Hopkins police force using violence to adjudicate an issue with somebody either in this community or in the surrounding ones,” Councilwoman Odette Ramos said.

The 1856 Project has released a report that shows the slave economy was deeply entrenched in the origins of Maryland Agricultural College, which eventually became the University of Maryland College Park.

The early start times now mandated for Baltimore public school students can be a factor in poor performance and lead to detrimental health outcomes, say two Loyola college students who experienced early start times and long trips to school as Baltimore public school students.

Success of CIAA Tournament in Baltimore points to other opportunities to partner with HBCUs, Terry Hasseltine, executive director of the Maryland Sports Commission, says.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s plan would make it the second HBCU in the country and first university in the state to offer a stand-alone veterinary school.

Legislation in Congress would make internet access available to more people in Baltimore, throughout Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Kweisi Mfume and the director of the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition say.

The Johns Hopkins University is nominating seven people to fill vacancies for students, faculty and staff seats on its police accountability board.

Community college students and instructors believe that academic courses in English for non-native speakers are just as rigorous as other language courses — and deserve the same academic credit.

University System of Maryland administrators used misleading testimony in their attempts to sway lawmakers considering legislation to allow collective bargaining rights for faculty and graduate students at public four-year colleges and universities, two faculty members say.

University of Maryland administrators once again used legislative testimony to mischaracterize the employment situation of graduate students and faculty seeking collective bargaining rights, two faculty members say.

Kristin Juszczyk, a Towson University grad whose designs have appeared on Swift and other celebrities including Biles this season, is auctioning a custom Super Bowl puffer vest.

Some college students living in a Morgan State University residential hall say they haven’t had hot water all week.

Johns Hopkins University has opened an investigation into international affairs professor Yascha Mounk after journalist Celeste Marcus accused him of rape over the weekend.

The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.