Meanwhile, interest in co-op education has jumped since the job market slumped; co-op powerhouse Northeastern University, for example, received 47,359 applications for 2,800 freshmen seats this fall, 74 percent more than in 2006. “Northeastern’s emphasis on experiential learning and the co-op was the big draw,” says Taylor Hogan, who left in July for his first six-month […]

Among private national universities, Boston University and Northeastern University in Boston each moved into the top 50. Boston University jumped from 51st to 41st, and Northeastern improved from 56th to 49th. Wake Forest University rose four spots from 27th to 23rd.

5. Cybersecurity: Large companies and governments are moving aggressively to protect their computer systems. Between 2014 and 2016, the Pentagon plans to add more than 4,000 experts at its Cyber Command. Specialists in cybersecurity can also expect to find openings in health care, energy and at security services firms. The National Security Agency is identifying centers […]

For entrepreneurial students, there’s a new source of capital on campus this fall: theDorm Room Fund is coming to Boston. The fund, backed by Philadelphia-basedFirst Round Capital, will have $500,000 to invest in student startups over the next two years. And a student investment team will be giving deals the green light. “Students will have a […]

Here is The Post’s review of major movement on the U.S. News national universities list since the 2010-11 edition, released three years ago. The analysis encompasses schools that were on the top 200 lists this year and three years ago. (Yes, we know there is a national liberal arts list too. We’ll try to look at that […]

With her story Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, historian Carla Kaplan, who teaches at Northeastern University, introduces readers more fully to those women. (“Miss Anne” is a generic term within the black community for white women, especially those who rely on the privilege of their race. Kaplan’s use of it […]

The Boston Business Journal on Monday announced the 2013 class of 40 under 40 honorees — business and civic leaders who collectively represent the next wave of talent and commitment in the Boston economy. Judges reviewed more than 250 nominations, considering professional accomplishments and community involvement. “The Boston business community will recognize many of these names because […]

Unless they plan to go directly to graduate school, recent graduates need more exposure to the real world of work, short-term opportunities to exercise their knowledge and talents and explore their interests before going on the job market. Some get that through internships or attend the few colleges, such as Northeastern University or Drexel University, […]

Prof. Leonard J. Glick, Professor of management and organizational development at Boston’sNortheastern University, teaches the art of motivating employees for a living. He let FORBES in on a few tips for entrepreneurs and managers looking to keep their people smiling and producing.

The New England Economic Partnership, a nonprofit forecasting group, projects that construction will experience the strongest job growth over the next five years, increasing employment by more than 25 percent by the end of 2017. “Construction was hit hardest in the recession,” said Alan Clayton-Matthews, a Northeastern University economics professor. “Over the coming years it […]

“It looks really promising, and I think it’s going to be huge,” she says, likening it to the feminist cultural studies’ answer to “Lean In.” Also high on Cass’s list: Northeastern University literature professor Carla Kaplan’s social history, “Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance” (September), and Harvard historian Jill Lepore’s […]

In 2006, when he came to Northeastern University from the University of Southern California, one of Joseph Aoun’s first decisions was to move the president’s office to Roxbury. Now, as he works on the latest leap in the school’s decades-long transformation, Aoun is trying to bring Northeastern’s campus to him. Northeastern officials aim to make a new science center […]