Ellie Wolfe
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Proud graduate of Bates College covering higher education at the @thebaltimorebanner.com, say hi + send tips: ellie.wolfe@thebaltimorebanner.com
BREAKING: Tuition at Johns Hopkins University will be free for students from families making less than $200,000. For families making under $100,000, tuition and living expenses will be covered. The change is taking effect this spring:
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Tuition will be free for more students at Johns Hopkins University
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BREAKING: Tuition at Johns Hopkins University will be free for students from families making less than $200,000. For families making under $100,000, tuition and living expenses will be covered. The change is taking effect this spring:
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Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink @cmkristinmink.bsky.social said an ICE officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone Monday as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeared to be detaining a person.
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Council member says ICE agent ‘grabbed’ her as she filmed agents detaining a person in Adelphi
Montgomery County Council Member Kristin Mink said a U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeare...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink @cmkristinmink.bsky.social said an ICE officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone Monday as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeared to be detaining a person.
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Baltimore City is offering up to $5,000 over two months to help essential federal workers and families on SNAP with child care costs. But there are already hundreds of families in line. Here's how you can join them: www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
How Baltimore parents can get two months of child care help
Baltimore federal essential workers and families on SNAP can get up to $2,500 a month. Here’s how.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Baltimore City is offering up to $5,000 over two months to help essential federal workers and families on SNAP with child care costs. But there are already hundreds of families in line. Here's how you can join them: www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
BLEXIT arrived at Bowie State University yesterday with a message: “Happy Homecoming! Please leave the Democratic Party.”
Inside the group’s visit, as well as how students and university officials reacted, in my latest story:
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Inside the group’s visit, as well as how students and university officials reacted, in my latest story:
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Happy homecoming, Bowie State. Blexit is here.
The Turning Point USA-affiliated group stopped at the Maryland campus on its HBCU tour.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
BLEXIT arrived at Bowie State University yesterday with a message: “Happy Homecoming! Please leave the Democratic Party.”
Inside the group’s visit, as well as how students and university officials reacted, in my latest story:
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Inside the group’s visit, as well as how students and university officials reacted, in my latest story:
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The University System of Maryland, which includes 11 of the state’s public universities, has achieved its highest enrollment recorded to date. Universities in the system are educating 178,131 students this fall, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Read:
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University System of Maryland sees highest enrollment in history
Enrollment in the Maryland system’s 11 public institutions increased to record numbers.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The University System of Maryland, which includes 11 of the state’s public universities, has achieved its highest enrollment recorded to date. Universities in the system are educating 178,131 students this fall, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Read:
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Happy Halloween! Since I can trace my horror fascination back as far as I remember, I wanted to find the Maryland kids who love all things scary, strange and creepy. They really didn't disappoint. www.thebanner.com/community/fa...
Meet the kids obsessed with everything that terrifies you
Here are the Maryland children obsessed with all things scary and creepy.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy Halloween! Since I can trace my horror fascination back as far as I remember, I wanted to find the Maryland kids who love all things scary, strange and creepy. They really didn't disappoint. www.thebanner.com/community/fa...
Morgan State University President David Wilson got a mysterious phone call at the start of October: a confidential high profile donor was interested in giving to the HBCU.
Two weeks later, $63 million was in the university’s bank account.
Here’s what happened:
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Two weeks later, $63 million was in the university’s bank account.
Here’s what happened:
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Inside Morgan State and MacKenzie Scott’s $100 million partnership
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's second gift, $63 million, to Morgan State University came as a surprise.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Morgan State University President David Wilson got a mysterious phone call at the start of October: a confidential high profile donor was interested in giving to the HBCU.
Two weeks later, $63 million was in the university’s bank account.
Here’s what happened:
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Two weeks later, $63 million was in the university’s bank account.
Here’s what happened:
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Weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a college campus in Utah, the student group he co-founded claims the University of Maryland, College Park violated its free-speech rights with a $148.52 security fee:
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The $148 fee at the center of the University of Maryland’s free speech controversy
Turning Point USA claims a security charge targets the group’s free speech at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a college campus in Utah, the student group he co-founded claims the University of Maryland, College Park violated its free-speech rights with a $148.52 security fee:
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Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge, maybe historic? pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins.
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year after our episode on the fight to make Baltimore’s harbor safe for swimming, the harbor is recovering from “the ecological equivalent of a heart attack”.
@thebaltimorebanner.com’s @adampwillis.bsky.social gives an update on the "pistachio tide".
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@thebaltimorebanner.com’s @adampwillis.bsky.social gives an update on the "pistachio tide".
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October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge, maybe historic? pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins.
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
Seven colleges in Maryland are now using direct admissions programs. That means students are receiving acceptances without actually applying to the schools. One Maryland university sent out 450,000 direct admit offers last year (!!!!!). Read my latest:
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You got into college! The catch: You still have to apply.
More and more colleges in Maryland are offering direct admissions through the Common App, meaning students are receiving acceptances without even applying.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Seven colleges in Maryland are now using direct admissions programs. That means students are receiving acceptances without actually applying to the schools. One Maryland university sent out 450,000 direct admit offers last year (!!!!!). Read my latest:
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ICYMI: Marylou Yam, president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, will retire this spring after 12 years of leadership. She saw the university through a number of changes, including in 2022 when the historically all-women college began admitting men.
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Notre Dame of Maryland University president will retire
Notre Dame of Maryland University Marylou Yam will retire June 30 after leading the school for 12 years.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ICYMI: Marylou Yam, president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, will retire this spring after 12 years of leadership. She saw the university through a number of changes, including in 2022 when the historically all-women college began admitting men.
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A 31-year-old man was arrested for attempting to rape someone on the Johns Hopkins University campus, school and law enforcement officials announced today. The man arrested has an extensive criminal history and has served time before. With @sararuberg.bsky.social:
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Man arrested for attempted rape on Johns Hopkins campus
A 31-year-old man was arrested for attempting to rape a 19-year-old woman on Johns Hopkins University’s campus on Saturday night, according to officials.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A 31-year-old man was arrested for attempting to rape someone on the Johns Hopkins University campus, school and law enforcement officials announced today. The man arrested has an extensive criminal history and has served time before. With @sararuberg.bsky.social:
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This story is the kind of reporting that brought me to The Banner. When @kris10griffith.bsky.social and I found out we were both interested in the efficacy of inspector general oversight of school systems, it was a dream collaboration. Check it out: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
What does it take to root out fraud in Maryland’s biggest school districts?
Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This story is the kind of reporting that brought me to The Banner. When @kris10griffith.bsky.social and I found out we were both interested in the efficacy of inspector general oversight of school systems, it was a dream collaboration. Check it out: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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Do you ever get so overwhelmed at work you need to take a walk to clear your head? It happens to kids, too, which is why they should go outside, play and learn naturally from the world around them. Click for the cute pictures, keep reading for the brain science www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
Preschool without a building could be in Maryland’s future
Maryland is one of just a handful of states piloting licenses for outdoor, nature-based child care programs.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Do you ever get so overwhelmed at work you need to take a walk to clear your head? It happens to kids, too, which is why they should go outside, play and learn naturally from the world around them. Click for the cute pictures, keep reading for the brain science www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
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What will the process look like for the Montgomery County Council to replace Gabe Albornoz, and who is eligible? I break it down here: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
How will the Montgomery County Council fill Albornoz’s seat?
Hours after Gabe Albornoz announced Thursday that he would resign from his at-large seat, the Montgomery County Council announced a plan to fill it.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What will the process look like for the Montgomery County Council to replace Gabe Albornoz, and who is eligible? I break it down here: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
I worked with the great @brendawintrode.bsky.social on my latest: Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after a school official told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
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Towson U. ‘No Kings’ rally relocates over speaker background checks
Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after school officials told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I worked with the great @brendawintrode.bsky.social on my latest: Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after a school official told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
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Faculty at Baltimore City Community College were "blindsided" by Kurt Schmoke's plan to merge their employer with the University of Baltimore, the faculty union rep said at BCCC's Board of Trustees meeting. Here's the latest in the merger saga:
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BCCC faculty were ‘blindsided’ by Schmoke’s merger plan, union chair says
Baltimore City Community College faculty were “blindsided” by a plan to consolidate their employer with the University of Baltimore, according to Laura Pope, the faculty union chair.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Faculty at Baltimore City Community College were "blindsided" by Kurt Schmoke's plan to merge their employer with the University of Baltimore, the faculty union rep said at BCCC's Board of Trustees meeting. Here's the latest in the merger saga:
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Breaking from me: Councilmember Gabe Albornoz will be leaving the Montgomery County Council on Dec. 1. A process to fill his seat for the last year of his term will follow: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Albornoz to step down from Montgomery County Council at end of year
At-large Montgomery County Council member Gabe Albornoz is stepping down in December, he announced Thursday. This creates a hole on the council that will be temporarily filled by an appointment.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Breaking from me: Councilmember Gabe Albornoz will be leaving the Montgomery County Council on Dec. 1. A process to fill his seat for the last year of his term will follow: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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3/4 of Maryland kids can't get into after school programs. That keeps parents from being able to work while shutting kids out of much-needed extra learning and social time outside of the classroom. The situation was dire even before uncertainty under the Trump admin www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
3 in 4 Maryland kids are shut out of after-school programs
Too many Maryland families are ‘scrambling to figure out what they’re doing at 3 p.m.' since most kids are shut out from after school programs.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
3/4 of Maryland kids can't get into after school programs. That keeps parents from being able to work while shutting kids out of much-needed extra learning and social time outside of the classroom. The situation was dire even before uncertainty under the Trump admin www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
BREAKING: Morgan State University has received the largest donation in its 158-year history: $63 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift is unrestricted, meaning the HBCU can spend the money however it wants. Here's what you should know:
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MacKenzie Scott gives Morgan State its largest donation ever
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has now given Morgan State University a total of $103 million.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
BREAKING: Morgan State University has received the largest donation in its 158-year history: $63 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift is unrestricted, meaning the HBCU can spend the money however it wants. Here's what you should know:
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“This is very much an all-hands-on-deck sort of battlefield triage,” Earl Stoddard, the county’s assistant chief administrative officer, said of cuts to federal grant programs
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Montgomery County leaders say they will stretch the budget — to a point
Montgomery County leaders say they can plug some of the holes the federal government is punching in the local economy — but not all.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“This is very much an all-hands-on-deck sort of battlefield triage,” Earl Stoddard, the county’s assistant chief administrative officer, said of cuts to federal grant programs
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Former Baltimore City Public Schools instructors are suing the system and a contracted nonprofit for months’ worth of payments they haven’t received. The teachers allege they haven’t been paid for work they did in April, May and June. By @kris10griffith.bsky.social:
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Art teachers sue Baltimore City schools, nonprofit for missing pay
The teachers, employed through Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, allege they haven’t been paid for work they did months ago, putting them behind on rent and car payments.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Former Baltimore City Public Schools instructors are suing the system and a contracted nonprofit for months’ worth of payments they haven’t received. The teachers allege they haven’t been paid for work they did in April, May and June. By @kris10griffith.bsky.social:
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By @elliew0lfe.bsky.social: Kurt Schmoke’s bid to save a struggling college. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Kurt Schmoke’s bid to save a struggling college
Kurt Schmoke, president of the University of Baltimore, has a new idea to help stabilize the embattled university: consolidation with Baltimore City Community College.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
By @elliew0lfe.bsky.social: Kurt Schmoke’s bid to save a struggling college. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Loved spending my morning at Impact Maryland, the @thebaltimorebanner.com’s annual leadership conference. I got to watch a panel featuring a few university presidents, which is always a treat!
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October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Loved spending my morning at Impact Maryland, the @thebaltimorebanner.com’s annual leadership conference. I got to watch a panel featuring a few university presidents, which is always a treat!
Our coverage: www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Our coverage: www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Kurt Schmoke is pitching a big idea: an “institutional consolidation” of the University of Baltimore and Baltimore City Community College. Schmoke, president of the university and chair of BCCC’s board, is already beginning his campaign. Our exclusive:
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Kurt Schmoke’s bid to save a struggling college
Kurt Schmoke, president of the University of Baltimore, has a new idea to help stabilize the embattled university: consolidation with Baltimore City Community College.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Kurt Schmoke is pitching a big idea: an “institutional consolidation” of the University of Baltimore and Baltimore City Community College. Schmoke, president of the university and chair of BCCC’s board, is already beginning his campaign. Our exclusive:
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