The big impact of small scholarships | GUEST COMMENTARY
Opinion: Even a modest investment in scholarships is worth every penny for students, writes Jay Perman and Anupam Joshi.
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The value of a college education — by the numbers | GUEST COMMENTARY
As summer turns to fall, college campuses are again filled with students. Many universities within the University System of Maryland (USM) are seeing their enrollments rebound after pandemic-era drops, and...
Maryland university system playing its part in battle against coronavirus | COMMENTARY
Central to Marylanders' anxiety about COVID-19 is the uncertainty that accompanies it — uncertainty about the disease, its spread and the precautions we should take to stop it; uncertainty around...
Towson University: tiered tuition won’t hurt students with the least means | COMMENTARY
Providing access to a high-quality, affordable college education, as Towson University does, is more complicated than you might think. Ask any Baltimore-area CEO — especially those in the fields of...
In defense of science
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march in Washington, D.C., today to celebrate and defend science — at a time when many believe that science does, in fact,...
Bringing victims of human trafficking into the light
Human trafficking is a global and profitable business, trading in the exploitation of vulnerable populations. While the full scope of human trafficking is difficult to establish, experts put the number...
Community engagement is a critical UMB mission
As the national media focused their gaze on Baltimore during riots provoked by the death of Freddie Gray, many of us who live and work in the city focused our...
Entrepreneurial culture boosts business
States with robust innovation economies have assets in common: a corps of research-intensive universities, a highly educated workforce and a government supportive of their science and technology industries. Maryland has...