Higher education

The University of Maryland, College Park, laid off 84 employees on Wednesday, according to a letter sent to the faculty and students.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told a crowd of journalists that federal policy limits his power to fund schools and improve student transportation.

Abagail Van Vlerah will take the helm of the private Catholic college in North Baltimore.

Twenty-nine employees were laid off and 37 vacant positions were eliminated as part of the reorganization at the Jesuit university in North Baltimore.

The university faces an $18 million deficit thanks in part to declining enrollment.

Morgan State University signed an off-campus housing agreement and expanded another after five consecutive years of enrollment growth.

The class of 2026 will hear from Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, instead of Trump.

COLUMN | If President Donald Trump hadn’t chosen to skip on speaking at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony on Friday, he probably would have tried to land a witty remark. They all do. From FDR to Biden, they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. They always get a laugh.

Anne Arundel Community College has named Tanya Millner interim president just two months after faculty voted no confidence in her leadership.

A ransomware attack disrupted Canvas, an online platform used by schools and colleges across Maryland to manage grades, assignments and classwork, with hackers claiming access to billions of records.

Johns Hopkins University received approval to move forward with a 25,000-square-foot data science and computer center in East Baltimore as the City Council weighs a one-year moratorium on data centers.

Because temporary security measures have been lifted, the general public will be able to visit the Naval Academy for Commissioning Week, including the annual Herndon Climb and Blue Angels show.

Maryland’s oldest historically Black university will cut 79 jobs.

Founded in 2015 by a pair of Marylanders, the Classic Learning Test has now logged more than 500,000 test-takers and is popular among Christian schools and homeschooling families.

Try a sample section of the Classic Learning Test, a new standardized test created in Maryland.

There are no Muppets but lots of politicians speaking at commencement ceremonies in Maryland this year.

Prince George’s County public high school students with at least a 3.0 grade point average will now be eligible for direct admission to Bowie State University.

Amid a rapidly changing legal landscape that is pushing immigration attorneys to their brink, these Baltimore law students aren’t deterred.

The University of Maryland, College Park will cut up to 150 jobs and impose a hiring freeze as reduced state support and uncertainty over federal research funding strain the budget.

Former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell has been placed on leave from the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, where he got his law degree in 2006.