Rowan University announces a $22 million capital campaign
Rowan University President Donald Farish announced a $22 million capital campaign yesterday, the first such fund-raising effort in the school's history.
( By Kaitlin Gurney, Inquirer Suburban Staff, 10/18/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Terra Nova test debuts in city schools
More than 150,000 Philadelphia School District students will begin a new era of test-taking on Monday, and parents will be able to see results by December - quicker than ever before.
( By Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Camden district hits streets for a crackdown on truancy
Special search teams hit the streets shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday in a sweep to find the city's most wanted: students absent from public schools.
( By Melanie Burney, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/16/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Aid for city students, in differing form
At Leeds Middle School in Mount Airy yesterday, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter announced a $12.5 million federal grant that will help prepare 11,000 disadvantaged Philadelphia students for college and provide additional training for their teachers.
( By Dale Mezzacappa, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/16/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

U.S. declines inquiry into schools contracts
The U.S. Department of Education has, for now, washed its hands of investigating how Edison Schools Inc. and six other outside managers obtained contracts to run 45 Philadelphia schools.
( By Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/16/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Where Phila. educators are in charge
Michelle Burns strides down the hallway of Sayre Middle School on her way to the sixth-grade class in Room 221, confident that the Philadelphia School District is on the verge of a new day - and that she will help make it happen.
( By Dale Mezzacappa, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/15/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

McGreevey details plan to combine universities
Gov. McGreevey yesterday released details of his plan to merge Rutgers University with two other state colleges and create a university system that would emphasize science and medical research.
( By Peter Saharko, Associated Press, 10/15/2002 03:01 AM EDT)