Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
West Chester University rose to No. 227 (tie) among national universities and No. 121 (tie) among top public schools in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, gaining 15 spots in both categories over the prior year.
Education
West Chester University rose to No. 227 (tie) among national universities and No. 121 (tie) among top public schools in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, gaining 15 spots in both categories over the prior year.
Education
West Goshen Township supervisors will hold a public hearing Oct. 19 on the West Chester Area School District's plan to replace temporary modular classrooms at E.N. Peirce Middle School with permanent construction and renovate portions of the campus.
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Penn Vet has broken ground on a $94 million veterinary diagnostic lab at New Bolton Center that will consolidate two testing operations, including a drug-testing unit that leases space at West Chester University, into a single 63,000-square-foot facility by 2029.
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West Chester University has no institution-wide artificial intelligence policy, leaving faculty to craft their own classroom rules ranging from near-zero tolerance to active encouragement, even as AI use among college students climbs.
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West Chester University and Cheyney University are among seven PASSHE schools participating in Pennsylvania's first coordinated statewide college-access initiative, with an eastern phase running Nov. 2–10 that will send university staff to high schools and fund bus transportation for campus visits.
Education
The West Chester Area School District school board approved Jacquelyn Longan as assistant principal at Henderson High School and Amy Terkanian as assistant principal at J.R. Fugett Middle School on Aug. 24, bringing two educators with more than 20 years of combined outside-district experience into leadership roles.
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West Chester University invites the public to four free campus sustainability tours starting Sept. 22, plus a community panel on plastics and health Oct. 22 where the West Chester Green Team will honor Chester County's sustainability director.
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West Chester Area School District must adopt an evidence-based reading curriculum by 2027-28 under state law, and a federal push announced Sept. 15 directing more than $400 million toward literacy instruction could provide new grant funding for the transition.
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Mary C. Howse Elementary is the last of West Chester Area School District's 17 schools to receive air conditioning, and two new assistant principals join Henderson High and Fugett Middle as roughly 12,000 students return to class.
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West Chester University set a new school record by placing 185 student-athletes on the 2026 D2 ADA Academic Honor Roll, topping the previous mark of 184 set in 2020-21, with football leading all sports at 17 honorees.
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West Chester Borough has signaled it will approve West Chester University's EwingCole Master Plan with conditions, though the specific conditions have not been made public. The five-to-10-year plan includes demolishing Lawrence Hall for a 700-to-780-bed dormitory and renovating multiple campus buildings.
Education
West Chester University welcomed more than 3,000 first-year and transfer students to North Campus on Aug. 20–21, with "Weeks of Welcome" events including a fireworks rally at Farrell Stadium before classes begin Monday, Aug. 24.
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The WCASD Property and Finance Committee addressed capital project bids, school renovation change orders and a meal price increase at its Aug. 17 meeting, two weeks before roughly 12,000 students return to class.
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