The failure of Rupert Murdoch’s pioneering iPad newspaper The Daily underscores the problems of the news industry as it seeks a paid model for the digital age, analysts said. Murdoch announced Monday that The Daily, launched as a paid subscription for the Apple tablet, would be shuttered December 15 due to a lack of readers. […]

Colleges and universities across the country are investing in building efficiency and renewable energy to save money and the environment. Living on Earth’s Bobby Bascomb reports from Boston’s Northeastern University that small changes can add up to big savings.

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, […]

In a country where 11 million people live without papers, cutting 50,000 more visas without improving legal immigration flows will do nothing to fix the greater system, according to Rachel Rosenbloom, an associate professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law. “We have millions of people in this country who have been here for […]

According to a new national survey for Northeastern University by FTI Consulting, a vast majority of Americans believe a college degree is important to achieving the American Dream, gaining crucial intellectual benefits and finding a good job. Still, 83% of respondents said the U.S. higher education system must change if it wants to remain globally […]

Sadism, revenge, hate, boredom, greed. These can all be motives for the crime of arson, experts say. A string of recent fires in Easton, Middleboro, Hanson and Plympton have been declared intentionally set or deemed suspicious, although authorities have not said whether the fires are connected. The string of blazes is still under investigation, officials […]