AS THE STUDENT DEBT CRISIS worsens, elected officials are turning to college affordability as their primary policy solution. New York is implementing tuition-free public higher education through its Excelsior Scholarship, […]
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Posted inEducation, Opinion
From refugee camp to high school grad
The following is a pre-graduation speech delivered at the City on a Hill charter school. MY NAME IS MARYAN ADEN and I am a member of the founding class at […]
Posted inEducation
State’s highest-paid employee survived 2 bad reviews
THE STATE’S HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE the past four years managed to hang onto his million-dollar-a-year job even after receiving back-to-back unsatisfactory performance reviews. Derek Kellogg, the former UMass men’s basketball […]
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Have you gone on a pilgrimage?
Photographs from Jarrett Barrios’s Facebook page. HE’S IN A SELF-IMPOSED NEWS BLACKOUT so he won’t be reading this. At least not for a while. My friend Jarrett Barrios — a […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
State needs to help with college funding
YOU CAN OFTEN FIND ME and a few students at a table in the basement of the Northern Essex Community College Library while we discuss various issues that face our […]
Posted inEconomy, Education
UMass Amherst investing in innovation
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, the flagship campus of the state’s university system, is diving into the innovation economy with a splash they hope will ripple out far beyond the […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
We need debt-free college in MA
SPRING IS UPON US – and across Massachusetts, tens of thousands of students are preparing to graduate and collect their diplomas. In too many cases, the excitement of a new […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Hungry for more than education
It’s no secret that a good portion of those attending college here and around the country struggle to make ends meet, but it’s rarely talked about – or addressed – […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Suffolk U. is stronger than you think
FROM A DISTANCE, Suffolk University appears to be an institution in disarray. Six presidents in as many years. Enrollment is down, especially at the law school. It is reeling from […]
Posted inEducation
Students push for ‘sanctuary campuses’
UMASS AMHERST OFFICIALS, under pressure from students, said on Friday they were committed to making the campus a safe haven for undocumented students, faculty, and staff. But they stopped short of […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
Building a capable workforce
INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS between leading businesses and schools at every level across the state are helping to shape a future workforce that will give the Commonwealth a key competitive edge in […]
Posted inEducation
Pharmacy school pays chief well
CHARLES MONAHAN JR. makes $1.3 million a year in total compensation, more than all but one of his presidential peers at other colleges in Greater Boston. Monahan does not work […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
Peyser gets raucous reception at UMass
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE EDUCATION SECRETARY JAMES PEYSER received a raucous reception at the University of Massachusetts Boston on Thursday, where his entreaties to spur growth outside campuses and cut […]
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Strangeness continues at Suffolk
THE SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY board of trustees waited a full day before commenting on the firing of president Margaret McKenna, and then said almost nothing. Robert Lamb, the chairman of the […]
Posted inEconomy, Education
The next Kendall Square?
AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS and then years of planning, something big is starting to happen on the Boston side of the Harvard University campus. Out behind the stately Harvard Business […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Microphilanthropy
Addressing hunger at Bunker Hill CC
Microphilanthropy is an occasional feature that calls attention to small acts of generosity that people do for the benefit of others and highlights little-known needs that could benefit from generosity, […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
Harvard’s blank canvas
I WAS STANDING on the roof of the Doubletree Hotel along Soldiers Field Road, looking down at what could easily be described as a whole lot of nothing. But that […]
Posted inEducation, State House News Service
UMass cost could rise 5-8%
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE University of Massachusetts students working this summer to pay for college could face a higher financial mountain to climb in the fall. After freezing tuition for […]
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Symbolism key to Walsh’s community college plan
The true power of the tuition-free community college plan announced by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh lies not in the nominal financial relief it will provide but rather in its symbolism. […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Pioneer Institute report misses real problem
A critical report by the Pioneer Institute says growing out-of-state enrollment at the University of Massachusetts is bad for in-state high school graduates, but the report does not address the […]
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‘Free’ community college for Boston students? Not really
Given the crash and burn of the IndyCar race venture, continued drip of news about a federal probe of union strong-arming, and a case of kidney stones that put a […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
One on One with George Regan
Photograph by Frank Curran The scene: The Union Wharf office of George Regan, the president of Regan Communications Group and long-ago press secretary to former mayor Kevin White. His dog, […]
Posted inEducation
Suffolk dumps McKenna and Meyer
THE SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESÂ agreed to a plan Friday that wipes the slate clean and removes both Chairman Andrew Meyer and President Margaret McKenna. Meyer will step down in […]
Posted inEducation
Students, schools play cat and mouse with online cheating
AS COLLEGES OFFER more and more courses online, school officials are scrambling to come up with innovative ways to prevent cheating by students taking tests and other assessments remotely. It’s […]