If passed, Bowie State University, Coppin State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore would cut ties with USM

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Coppin State University’s president is stepping down at the end of this school year. Dr. Maria Thompson has led the University since 2015. In a letter to students and parents, Thompson says she’s resigning in June after overcoming recent health issues. Thompson says she is healthy and will head back to her native city of […]

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On Friday October 13,2017, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States and Coppin State University are bringing Stedman Graham to Coppin State University in West Baltimore to officially launch EAGLE-I, an initiative mentoring identity leadership program for Coppin’s students. This program is designed to help youth shape personal and professional identity and enhance academic performance. Core […]

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A federal judge has ruled that Maryland has shortchanged the state’s four historically black colleges by unnecessarily duplicating their programs at nearby predominantly white institutions. In a ruling issued Monday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Judge Catherine Blake wrote that the duplication of academic programs was part of an earlier dual system of higher […]

A civil rights group is suing Maryland’s Higher Education Commission for allegedly discriminating against the state’s four historically black colleges. The plaintiffs argue that Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have underdeveloped programs because black schools are funded in a manner that puts predominately white […]