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The Changing Face Of Education
I recently sat down with Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, to talk about AI being, in his words, a “game-changer” for higher education. Aoun has had a front row seat to all of this, and believes that the time to work on solutions is now.
What the Clean Air Act can teach us about reducing gun violence
In his passionate response to the Oregon shooting last week, President Obama called on the American people to support stricter gun laws, contrasting the way we treat guns and the way we treat cars — both of which kill about 32,000 Americans every year. “When roads are unsafe, we fix them to reduce auto fatalities. […]
Colleges of the future must go back to the future
While I agree that the model of higher education will change in the future, that many institutions will close — Sweet Briar College is a recent casualty — and that technology will continue to impact the delivery of knowledge, we need to approach such changes with caution. For example, we should not presume that Generation […]
Boston.com
Millennials counter argument ‘they aren’t professionals’
The same survey indicates this latest generation surpasses previous ones in more than narcissism. They rank high in skills such as creativity, openness to change, and technological aptitude. Though recent graduates may Snapchat from their desks, they also crank through Excel more efficiently than other employees. This aptitude could help 2014-ers gain employment, as many […]
Are we finally ready to reduce racial bias in our courts?
While trends in American criminal justice have come and gone over the last century, what has remained tiresomely — and implacably — consistent has been the role of race as a factor in decision-making by jurists, juries and prosecutors alike. Seemingly unrelated events over the last few weeks suggest that a serious pendulum swing is […]
PBS NewsHour
How to Guarantee a Job for Every American
William Darity: Ninety-five percent joblessness for teen black male dropouts? That estimate, from Northeastern University’s Andrew Sum, borders on the fantastic as an indictment of the American labor market. Add to Sum’s damning statistic the finding that blacks with some college education or an associate’s degree experienced higher unemployment than whites who had dropped out of high […]
Business Insider
How The Law School Where I’m An Associate Dean Justifies Its Existence
There’s been a lot of public and private handwringing within the legal establishment in recent years. There’s anxiety — and outrage — over the spiraling cost of legal education and the diminishing opportunities and salaries for recent law school grads. And there’s no small dissatisfaction with the ability of those grads to actually practice the […]
Boston Magazine
Northeastern University Study Tells Us What We Already Know
I’ve written a lot over the past few months about how inexpensive and large-scale online college programs, such as EdX, are dramatically changing the face of higher education, and how universities that focus on offering students practical skills, such as entrepreneurship, are the most important institutions in today’s job-starved world. Programs that are cheap, accessible, […]
Continuing Education -€“ It’€™s Game Changing
Whether you are continuing your education in your 20s or 50s, it can be a worthwhile endeavor. Most agree that that it takes an incredible amount of time and effort. In fact, you may suddenly find yourself frequently writing papers all hours of the night and no longer being able to take leisurely vacations. However, […]