DSU officials and community members, leaders gathered on the site of the new agriculture building. (Delaware State University).

DSU double: New ag building, $1 million in scholarshipsĀ 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

It was a two-fer day of celebration Thursday at Delaware State University, as officials broke ground for a new $10 million agriculture building and unveiled a $1 million grant that will pay full tuition for 21 STEM students. ā€œWe want to produce agriculture professionals and agriculture scientists, and we believe the addition of this building will provide a greater environment …

DSU rises to No. 2 in public HCBUs in college ranking

DSU rises to No. 2 public HBCU in college rankings

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

  Delaware State University rose one place to No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings of the nationā€™s best public Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Dover-based school also rose to No. 8 from No. 10 among all HBCUs. The ranking reflects DSUā€™s journey of progress, said DSU President Tony Allen. ā€œWe believe what weā€™re doing …

Delaware has contracted a consultant to evaluate their complex and historic funding formula for school funding.

Hereā€™s why state wants advice on school funding

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The Delaware Department of Education announced last week it has hired a Virginia consultant to study the stateā€™s public education funding system. As todayā€™s wisecracker would say: Good luck with that. How the money trickles down to the classroom is complex, and it follows a funding system established in the 1940s. The stateā€™s population then was 286,000, compared to todayā€™s …