Mount St. Mary's president stepping down: Powell will leave at end of 2013-2014 school year
After a decade on the job, Mount St. Mary's University President Thomas H. Powell announced Tuesday that he plans to leave the post at the end of the next academic year.

Maryland's McDaniel College closing the 'opportunity gap': McDaniel in Westminster gets props for helping bright, low-income students pay for college
Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development."

Fred Lazarus to step down in 2014 after 35 years as MICA President
To understand what Fred Lazarus accomplished during his 35 years as president of the Maryland Institute College of Art, one need only look at the gleaming concrete-and-glass structure housing the school's Brown Center for new media.