The debate over who—the federal government, schools, employers—should provide training to workers is decades old. When it comes to workers’ preferences, 14 percent of laborers say the onus should be on colleges and universities, while 50 percent say it should be on the federal government and 61 percent look toward employers, according to a new report by […]

Our country has an ugly history of using police and prisons to stop sexual violence, says Northeastern PhD student Alex Press.

While school shootings are always alarming, James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University says schools are, by and large, safe. “They’ve been safe for a long time,” he says. “They remain safe.”

“The crisis situation that we find ourselves in … definitely calls for a lot of nimble and innovative responses,” said Leo Beletsky, associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston. “We’re going to see more fentanyl in our drug supply in coming years.”

Some states have tried to stem abuse of the laws by prohibiting businesses from advertising marijuana giveaways or specifically banning “delayed or disguised” payments for marijuana gifts, said Leo Beletsky, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston.

Northeastern professor Elizabeth Bucar writes about the rebellious potential of an apparently conservative style.

Americans are torn over the promise of artificial intelligence, a new poll from Gallup and Northeastern University showed Wednesday, expressing broad optimism about the emerging technologies but also fearing their negative impacts — including job losses.

A strong whiff of won’t-get-fooled again permeated much of the post-speech analysis. Last year, Trump’s first joint address to Congress was greeted by rapturous reviews. According to Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury,” First Son-in-Law Jared Kushner saw it as “a total reset.” Perhaps no one was more smitten that night than Van Jones, a liberal commentator […]

A new Gallup poll from Northeastern University asked  3,297 U.S. adults just that. Surveyed by mail, they were questioned about their concerns and hopes for AI. One particular line of questioning caught my attention. It asked whether a universal basic income should be established to help Americans who’ve lost their jobs to AI.  In this chart by Column Five, […]

In other classes, 3-D printing can challenge students in similar ways. Erika Boeckler, assistant professor of English at Northeastern University, spurred one of her graduate students to create physical representations of pattern poems. The goal, Boeckler said during a panel earlier this month at the Modern Language Association meeting in New York, is to help […]

“Internationally, Naloxone is available for less than a dollar and that is the kind of price that we should be demanding, because the product is generic, cheap to make, and we need it to really make a difference,” said Leo Beletsky, a law and health sciences professor at Northeastern University. “Obviously in the U.S. you’re […]

Industry observers said the boot-camp space has gotten more competitive after its initial expansion, which in turn exposed unsustainable business models. And shrinking for-profit college companies had purchased stakes in Dev Bootcamp (owned by Kaplan) and the Iron Yard (partially owned by the Apollo Education Group). At the same time, several traditional universities have launched […]