With an effective property tax rate of 1.49 percent, Baltimore City has the highest tax rate among Maryland counties, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property taxes levied on single-family homes.

At Brightwood College, which has multiple sites, including several in Maryland, 29.1 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

University of Maryland - Baltimore County baseball tops the list of highest grossing programs in the state, reporting more than $714,000 – or $21,003 per athlete – in 2016, followed by University of Maryland - College Park ($627,586), and Towson University ($547,886)), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

City Baltimore Executive Appointments Committee met at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 2.

City of Baltimore Land Use and Transportation Committee met at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 2.

City of Baltimore Budget and Appropriations Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 8.

City of Baltimore Public Safety Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8.

Maryland is the 29th most popular state for college softball, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

University of Maryland University College in Adelphi reported the largest share of borrowers at public higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

University of Baltimore Staff Senate will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, May 14.

University of Baltimore Governance Steering Council met Wednesday, May 9.

Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners met Tuesday, May 8.

Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners Policy Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15.

Baltimore City Board Of School Commissioners Operations Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15.

Georgia Harrington, Joseph Hoffman III, Ella Giles Join Executive Leadership Team

For the semester's final event in the University of Baltimore's education series covering the history of Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign, Distinguised Professor Emeritus Lenneal J. Henderson will present a one-man play about A. Philip Randolph, acclaimed civil rights leader and labor organizer.

In a celebration of the University of Baltimore community's literary work, Skelter—a student-produced journal for UB writers—will host a release party, featuring readings by a selection of the journal's contributors, on Monday, May 14, at 7 p.m., in the Bogomolny Room on the fifth floor of the Student Center, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave.

Congratulations to Morgan senior Akira Kyles on being selected by POLITCO as a member of its 2018 Journalism Institute Class

Hospital Demonstrates Commitment to Setting Families Up for Breastfeeding Success

One in 221 properties in Prince George's County started the foreclosure process during the first quarter of the year -- the highest foreclosure rate in Maryland, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.