Higher education

The Howard Community College union reached a tentative agreement on its first contract with administration, resulting in the highest salary increase in seven years.

In 2020, Morgan State brought in just $17.2 million in research funding and graduated 71 doctoral students.

Navy Secretary John Phelan spelled it out. The Trump administration plans to replace the Naval Academy dean, reduce the civilian faculty, increase discipline and generally screw around with the curriculum some more.

The University of Maryland, College Park is renaming its Office of Diversity and Inclusion as the Trump administration pushes to end programs that support marginalized groups nationwide. The new office's name is Belonging & Community at UMD.

For the next 10 days, Baltimore County residents can access the pool inside CCBC Essex’s Wellness and Athletic Center.

Howard Community College has reached a settlement agreement with its faculty union over a winter incident where the college accessed professor's offices and removed union signage.

Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte is the first Marine to lead the military academy in its 179-year history.

Marquis Brown, 19, of Washington, D.C., is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.

Until past due payments are paid or the loan’s default status is resolved, borrowers are at risk of having their wages garnished.

Federal cuts and a local push to get more money for Baltimore are squeezing the city’s most powerful entity.

Dozens of Howard Community College faculty members were joined by elected officials at a rally to demand progress in contract talks that they say have dragged on for a year and a half.

Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.

Some Naval Academy alumnae are dismayed by the Pentagon’s decision to remove Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed news reports that the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy, Yvette Davids, has been reassigned.

USNI News is reporting that Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, who has served as Naval Academy superintendent since January 2024, is being reassigned. Davids is the first Latina and first woman to hold the post.

America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Ten months later, the probe into the research work of University of Maryland President Darryll Pines is still ongoing.

After the Trump administration launched a broadside attack against the way the federal government has funded major research universities across the country, Hopkins has been forced to wage a campaign of its own.

The Trump administration's hostile policies toward international students could be disastrous for Maryland and, in particular, Baltimore.

Despite rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, Frostburg State is working to expand a program where it educates Chinese students thousands of miles away.