Olivia Sanchez

Black students in the United States remain less likely to gain access to university, more likely to drop out and less likely to graduate, and the late...

Facing post-graduation challenges and uncertainty about DACA’s future, undocumented alumni turn to each other for support

Remedial education, financial challenges and even just a jarring campus culture contribute to racial graduation gaps.

The $35 trillion budget reconciliation package includes a proposed $9 billion in federal funding dedicated to completion and retention.

Some universities are signing on to 15 recommendations in a new project seeking to eliminate college graduation equity gaps by 2030.

Colleges are designing sophomore-specific orientation programs ease returning students’ transition back to campus.

The pandemic caused many college students to experience mental health issues and psychological distress, often in the form of burnout.

Some of the changes made to adjust to online education provided a “sneak preview of higher education’s future,” according to a new report.

A boot camp from Mesa Community College in Arizona and Boeing is among the programs that could be replicated if a workforce training measure makes it through Congress.

Ivy Tech Community College and the state are using CARES Act money to offer free career coaching programs.

Mandatory advising help students navigate a wide range of issues, including lack of technology, food and housing insecurity, and more.

The pandemic forced postsecondary institutions into triage mode and left working-class students with difficult decisions.

Rick Anthony has overseen the Department of Recreation and Parks for more than a decade, but his journey with Anne Arundel County government started in 1993 when he was an officer at the Jennifer Road Detention Center.

Senate Bill 581 and House Bill 39 are moving through the Maryland General Assembly and would require the courts to honor any request for a waiver of the publication requirement for a name change. Advocates say the bill would keep trans people safe by not forcing them to out themselves, while some op…

A 25-year-old Annapolis conservative has announced he’ll run for Congress in 2022, hoping to unseat veteran Rep. John Sarbanes in the third district.

Anne Arundel County Councilwoman Jessica Haire has formed an exploratory committee for a 2022 run for county executive, after community, business and political leaders have been urging her to run for a while, House Minority Leader Nic Kipke said.

A “loophole” in Anne Arundel County’s forest conservation law could soon be closed if a county council bill requiring approval for clearing certain vegetation in sensitive areas is successful.It would ensure that the 2019 forest conservation bill penalties would still impact developers who cleared f…

Life in Anne Arundel County has changed dramatically over the past 365 days. Over the course of about a week in March 2020, everything was canceled and thousands of residents were left jobless.

Beneath a vibrant mural of an Annapolis icon, elected officials stood alongside business owners, pastors, others from across the city. Some came dressed in velvet or fur coats, others in tracksuits, and children in brightly colored puffy coats. A yellow labrador donned a red bandana and a one-eyed C…

Anne Arundel County Auditor Susan Smith will retire effective April 1, about a month before the introduction of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.