A NEW YEAR HAS DAWNED and for me, and I think for many, 2020 doesn’t feel like “just another year.” It seems like a time when daunting challenges swirl all […]
Higher Education and Adult Learning
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What new regs on college closures do
MASSACHUSETTS IS THE FIRST STATE in the nation to protect students and their families from the seismic disruption that occurs when a college or university suddenly closes. The bill and […]
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Harvard picks Tishman Speyer for Allston phase 1
HARVARD UNIVERSITY selected Tishman Speyer and celebrated architect Jeanne Gang to develop and design the initial 14 acres of an enterprise research campus along Western Avenue across from the business […]
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UMass football thrown for big losses
WHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS opted to enter major college football in 2012, officials pitched the idea that the program would pay for itself over time, even bolstering non-revenue sports […]
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Franklin Institute moving to Dudley
THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, a fast-growing school serving mostly students of color, is selling its South End location and moving to a brand new campus in Roxbury’s Dudley […]
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1,000 UMass Boston students get big T discount
NEARLY A THOUSAND students at UMass Boston are receiving a significant discount on their MBTA passes this semester, thanks largely to subsidies provided by their classmates. Students voted in April […]
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Boston’s academic giants treat student workers poorly
MORE THAN 10,000 student workers at Boston’s largest universities drive tens of millions of dollars to their employers. They teach classes, perform groundbreaking research, and help win lucrative federal grants. […]
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Advanced Placement inconsistency is troubling
OVER 2.8 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL students this month received their Advanced Placement (AP) results, test scores that will reflect their proficiency in college-level curricula in subjects ranging from calculus to […]
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Setting record straight on community colleges
IN RESPONSE to the recent op-ed written by Juma Crawford and Marisa Meldonian, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) and Roxbury Community College (RCC) would like to offer a few points […]
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We need to blend liberal arts, workplace experience
A LIBERAL ARTS college education has always been viewed as a foundation for a career or for advanced study in a graduate or professional program. The notion has been to […]
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Dartmouth’s link to today’s college oversight bills
SMALL COLLEGES continue to teeter, some to fall. Their students have suffered. The Legislature has taken note: 60 members have filed “An Act Relative to Education Transparency,” which requires “Massachusetts […]
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Ex-UMass trustees: Senate provision misguided
IN 1988, in observance of the University of Massachusetts’ 125th anniversary, the board of trustees established a commission with a charge “to examine and make recommendations on the future role […]
Posted inEducation
Meehan talks tuition freeze with Spilka
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER ACCUSING SENATE leaders of blindsiding university officials with a budget proposal to freeze tuition and fees next year, UMass President Marty Meehan met with Senate […]
Posted inEducation
Senate budget bars UMass tuition, fee increases
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SENATE BUDGET WRITERS are looking to compel the University of Massachusetts to hold the line on student costs for the coming academic year but, in a […]
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Pro-Palestinian panel to go on at UMass Amherst
IN A SIGN of the polarized times, it took a judge’s ruling on Thursday to clear the way for a pro-Palestinian panel discussion this weekend at UMass Amherst. Three Jewish […]
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Time for Tufts soul-searching on Purdue Pharma
AS A FACULTY MEMBER at Tufts University School of Medicine, I, along with colleagues and many of our students, have found it embarrassing to be confronted by news reports on […]
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Clark sued again for its handling of sexual misconduct allegations
A lawsuit filed against Clark University in Worcester is thrusting the college into the national legal debate about how charges of sexual harassment should be handled on college campuses. A […]
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Clark sued again for its handling of sexual misconduct allegations
A LAWSUIT FILED against Clark University in Worcester is thrusting the college into the national legal debate about how charges of sexual harassment should be handled on college campuses. A […]
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Feds bust up ‘side door’ route into college
WITH A SLEW OF CHARGES that struck at the integrity of one of the key ladders to success, US Attorney Andrew Lelling on Tuesday attempted to break up a college […]
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Meehan cites looming demographic crisis
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS President Marty Meehan laid out a plan on Monday to create a new “online college” for adult students that he said could become […]
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UMass Bayside deal is about a lot more than money
IT’S RARE FOR THOSE OF US in public life to have the opportunity to make a profound and lasting difference for the people we serve. That’s why we are so […]
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UMass Boston scores big revenue gain with Bayside lease
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on Thursday tapped Boston-based Accordia Partners to develop the former Bayside Expo Center site, agreeing to a deal that university officials said […]
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Protesters say parking strike effective
THEY WERE OUT HOLDING SIGNS reading, “Monopoly, UMass Boston Edition,” and “You’re Driving Us Out.” The students, faculty, and staff of UMass Boston spent Wednesday outside the new on-campus West […]
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Parking ‘strike’ called at UMass Boston
STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY at UMass Boston say they plan to hold a “parking strike” on Wednesday, urging people not to park at campus garages and lots where charges have […]