Voice: Elaine Maimon

Philadelphia’s teacher shortage keeps getting worse. A long-time university president finds solutions from her own past, and from the UK, where a program has trained 850 professionals for new jobs as teachers

A long-time university president applauds the city-based public research university’s new plan for free tuition and fees — the Temple Promise — for Philly families who earn below an income threshold

Governor Shapiro’s vision for the state college system offers a path for more residents to get the education they need. A long-time university president lays out why it matters

Could 2024 be the year our colleges and universities do more for Philadelphia students and for democracy? A long-time university president thinks it has to be

Autonomy from wealthy and powerful funders, a longtime college president warns, is fundamental to the work of universities — including Penn, whose president, Liz Magill, resigned this week.

Neither Penn’s president nor her Congressional interrogators demonstrated the fundamental principle in House hearings about antisemitism on campus, a longtime university president laments

As high school seniors approach college decision time, a longtime university president offers guidelines for picking schools that value respect, freedom and choice

Katalin Karikó and her research partner did the science that led to the Covid-19 vaccine. A ​​longtime university president suggests lessons we should take from her story

A longtime university president and public schools advocate urges compromise so low-income students can get the education they deserve today — and public schools can thrive

A longtime university president urges the Temple Board of Trustees to select a successor who embodies the best of late President JoAnne Epps