Susan Snyder

Temple's president said the university is looking to improve the football program, seek conference championships and bowl matches and drive up attendance at games.

“Clearly their software is still not completely functional,” said Michael Driscoll, president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He heads a commission of presidents from the 10 state universities.

Following some other schools, Penn said it no longer would consider the primary family home in its calculation of assets.

The move comes as the university deals with a $63 million operating loss and 15% fewer first-year students this fall, as well as increases in operational costs.

Students requested the vending machine with Narcan to be proactive and responsive to the city's opioid crisis, Penn officials said.

Following the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts in June, Julee Gard calculated financial health scores for 13 small private colleges in southeastern Pennsylvania at The Inquirer’s request.

Julee Gard's index is made up of eight factors with an emphasis on how well the school covers its operating expenses with revenue from tuition and room and board.

Holy Family fared the best of 13 colleges in the region using a Financial Viability Index created by Julee Gard when she was obtaining her doctoral degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fry's first day as Temple's president is packed. With recent improvements in campus safety and enrollment, Fry said: "What I want to do is build on that momentum."

Enthusiasm appears high: Nearly 95% of the 1,048 respondents said they will probably or certainly vote or already have voted, up from 89% in 2022, and 86% in 2020.