By Anne Riley When Susan Zacor decided to step down as dean of the University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business to become interim provost of the university, the search committee needed look no further than down the hall for her replacement.

To: RELIGION EDITORS Contact: Victoria Walsh of Loyola Marymount University, +1-310- 338-5133, vwalsh@lmu.edu LOS ANGELES, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research shows that poor and marginalized students attending Catholic schools have remarkably higher retention and graduation rates than their peers in public schools.

To: RELIGION EDITORS Contact: Victoria Walsh, Assistant Director, Communications and Media of Loyola Marymount University, +1-310-338-5133, vwalsh@lmu.edu LOS ANGELES, May 6, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research shows that poor and marginalized students attending Catholic schools have remarkably higher retention and graduation rates than their peers in public schools.

By Maloney, Stephen In a city world renowned for music, two universities are teaming up to ensure would-be musicians receive a quality education.

By Gadi Dechter, The Baltimore Sun Jan. 6--Natalie Norton sits alone in a Towson University student cafeteria. The pre-med freshman from Silver Spring hasn't made any close friends yet, and many of her high school buddies now attend nearby Morgan State University, a historically black college.