WASHINGTON – University System of Maryland colleges are likely to face “modest” tuition increases next year because of the recession, said Chancellor William “Brit” Kirwan

WASHINGTON – Some Maryland private schools are encouraging healthier snacking with all natural and organic vending machines, but organic doesn’t necessarily mean better, a nutritionist said

WASHINGTON – Maryland higher education is too costly and continues to have large racial disparities in success and completion rates, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

WASHINGTON – For students in English as a Second Language programs, Thanksgiving may be just as foreign as their new language

WASHINGTON – Already high student loan rates are going to go up even more because of the bad economy, according to the Project on Student Debt, a group focused on cost-effective education

WASHINGTON – A plan released Wednesday to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fund Maryland higher education, elevate the status of historically black institutions and keep tuition low may be too ambitious in the current economic climate

WASHINGTON – Montgomery County Public Schools are doing more than tolerating back talk in classrooms — they’re encouraging it, as long as it’s from the system’s new interactive learning devices

WASHINGTON – Mike Johnson and Jeni Jones usually celebrate Halloween with their annual haunted house, but last year the holiday took on new meaning — a wedding date

WASHINGTON – The Maryland State Board of Elections’ Web site crashed Tuesday evening, the deadline for voters to request an absentee ballot by mail or fax and just six days before the Nov

WASHINGTON – The silence from Thomas E