Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Pedro Rivera was months into the COVID-19 pandemic when he announced that he leaving his public-facing role to become the next president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

Messiah College said on Wednesday that it received university status-- a move the school expects will help it bring in more adult, post-secondary and international students.

Nursing programs across the country turned away more than 75,000 qualified applicants last year as colleges dealt with a dearth of faculty and budget constraints that kept them from growing enrollment.