Tom Glynn, who just left his job as CEO of Massport, is moving over to Harvard University on Monday to run a subsidiary that will oversee the planning and development of a new, 36-acre neighborhood in Allston. Glynn’s appointment gives the university a skilled inside player to deal with the real estate side of the […]
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MA public colleges rated tops on black student access, success
A NEW STUDY indicates Massachusetts schools lead the nation in terms of black student access and success at four-year public universities and colleges. The report, written by two researchers at the USC Race and Equity Center and funded by the Ford Foundation, found that Massachusetts schools as a group ranked highest on a series of […]
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Union attacks on Meehan misleading, misguided
FOR THE BETTER PART of a decade, I had the privilege of working with then-UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan. It was exciting to be a part of a team that initiated a remarkable transformation of UMass Lowell that continues today. The campus has experienced dramatic increases in enrollment, retention, and graduation rates; faculty hiring; research […]
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Something’s new this year at UMass Boston
NEXT WEEK, as students return to University of Massachusetts Boston, a number of them will do something no one has done in the school’s history: Live on campus. For the first 53 years of its history, UMass Boston students commuted to campus by bus, T, or car. This year that will change. Approximately 1,000 students […]
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UMass Boston back on track
ONE OF MY ENDURING MEMORIES as interim chancellor of UMass Boston will be the sight of visionary educator Geoffrey Canada on stage at commencement, surveying UMass Boston’s sea of graduates with a smile on his face and his eyes glistening. Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, later explained his reaction: “This is the American […]
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Pioneer: UMass has a spending problem
THE PIONEER INSTITUTE continued its war of words with the University of Massachusetts on Monday, asserting that the five-campus system’s complaints about inadequate state funding are just not true. UMass in the past has pointed to declining state funding as the explanation for its steadily increasing student fees. A week ago, in response to a […]
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Finalists for UMass Boston job all withdraw
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE THREE FINALISTS to become the next University of Massachusetts Boston chancellor each withdrew from consideration over the weekend, citing “extreme disappointment” with actions by the school’s faculty council, according to UMass President Marty Meehan. On Monday — the same day trustees were originally scheduled to vote on a chancellor — […]
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Meehan: Many more college closures coming
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE LESSONS FROM THE CONTROVERSIAL acquisition of Mount Ida College by the University of Massachusetts could be used to shape similar deals in the future, according to UMass President Marty Meehan, who told state senators on Wednesday they should expect to see more colleges close. “There are going to be other closures, […]
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Moody’s outlook for UMass improves
A BOND RATING AGENCY issued a fairly rosy report Thursday on the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. Moody’s Investors Service kept its UMass bond rating at Aa2, its third-highest level, but changed the outlook from negative to stable, suggesting the rating will remain stable for the next year to two years. The company said the […]
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College math doesn’t add up
AMY BLANCHETTE GRADUATED from community college a few years ago and applied to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as the next step in her long-term goal of attaining a master’s degree in public policy and ultimately running for public office. Her application was accepted, but when she sat down to do the math, the numbers […]