Brandeis bets big on rebuilding the liberal arts around real-world skills
Facing financial pressure, declining enrollment, and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, Brandeis University is launching a sweeping overhaul and recasting the liberal arts with a focus on what students can do after they graduate.
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Harvard and MIT tell protesters to leave or face suspension
Suspension or expulsion from an Ivy League university can have dire academic consequences. -
Concord Town Meeting members pressure school committee to rename middle school
Concord Town Meeting members overwhelmingly voted in favor of renaming the middle school for Ellen Garrison, a Black abolitionist. The vote was symbolic, but puts pressure on the school committee to reconsider its vote to name the school the "Concord Middle School." -
Codman Academy to unionize with the Boston Teachers Union
Statewide, nearly half a dozen independent charter schools have unionized. -
Battle over renaming Concord Middle School heads to a community-wide vote
Residents of Concord who want to see the new middle school named in honor of a Black civil rights heroine bring their case to a community-wide vote. -
Holocaust studies center administrator resigns from Clark University
Mary Jane Rein, a Jewish scholar, departed for Assumption University, a Catholic institution. What’s at issue is the Clark administration’s response — or lack thereof — to inciting events off campus in mid-March. -
Mass. residents support legalizing teacher strikes, new poll finds
A majority of respondents — 50% — favored legalizing teacher strikes, while 34% rejected the idea, a new poll shows. -
Harvard reinstates testing requirement for admissions
Harvard’s decision to reinstate SAT test requirements is part of a post-pandemic trend at selective colleges in the US -
Teaching disability history in schools is 'long overdue,' advocates say
Many people with disabilities say they never saw themselves in history textbooks. That's starting to change. -
In a post-affirmative action world, Harvard admits its first class — discounting race
Citing potential legal challenges, Harvard officials did not release admissions data that identifies applicants’ race or ethnicity. -
On campus, Jewish and Muslim students fear for their safety
A new report finds Jewish and Muslim students "fear personal danger" related to their positions on the war.
