Chicago is home to the third largest public school district in the country, and it’s a system that’s plagued by a high dropout rate. A new study has taken a closer look at the individual and societal costs of dropping out. Andrew Sum, professor of Economics and director of the Center for Labor Market Studies […]

After the negotiations, questions about an icon’s worth and fallout from Albert Pujols’ decision -€” after news broke Thursday morning that he chose to leave the only franchise he has known since he made his major-league debut in 2001 -€” this Midwestern city faced the start of a new era.

Patriots honcho Robert Kraft’€™s proposed deal to lease land for a massive, $1 billion casino to Las Vegas sultan Steve Wynn could be a watershed moment for National Football League owners and is yet another example of Kraft’s trailblazing business moves, analysts say.

In fall 2010, Northeastern University began planning an expansion of its mobile applications to allow students, faculty, and staff to stay much better connected to the university. To support and expand this initiative, Alicia Russell, director of Northeastern’s Educational Technology Center, considered ways to facilitate faculty members’ use of mobile technologies and applications in teaching.

Teens who drop out of high school have a greater likelihood of ending up in jail, being unemployed, relying on food stamps and becoming a fiscal drain on society than those who graduate, according to a new study commissioned by the Chicago Alternative Schools Network.

Returning to work after maternity leave is a huge stressor for many first time moms, not only because of the logistical hoops you have to jump through to re-arrange your work life around your new baby, but it can also fill women with self-doubt about their roles as career woman and mom.

High school dropouts on average receive $1,500 a year more from government than they pay in taxes because they are more likely to get benefits or to be in prison, according to a U.S. study released on Wednesday.

With an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent, the commonwealth’s superior performance relative to the rest of the country has been heralded. But a closer look at the numbers reveals a troubling picture for employment in Massachusetts.

It’s hard to believe that so much in life is decided so early.

President Obama is proposing to create a national infrastructure bank to encourage and promote investment in America’s infrastructure and create jobs. With monotony, we have been told that our nation’s economic well-being depends on a strong infrastructure foundation. Yet despite its fundamental importance, the gap between what we have and the infrastructure we need continues […]

BY ACCIDENT and by design, human bodies are hard to break into. They are surrounded by defensive walls (the skin, the lining of the gut, the barrier between the bloodstream and the brain), patrolled by sentries (the cells and antibodies of the immune system) and filled with mazes, such as the intricate network of blood […]

As part of a “€œProfiles in Innovation”€ Presidential Speaker Series, Northeastern’s President, Joseph Aoun, has stepped up his game and proved to the community he can hang in Hollywood. (Wait till you see him do the rhumba with an iRobot before you dispute.)