I would put the microcredentialing trend as a major sub-theme within a broader conversation about job outcomes and competency-based education. Virtually all of the microcredentials that have been launched and offered—and where the enrollments are and where companies appear most interested—are oriented toward professional and technical skills and disciplines. But whether it’s supply-chain management or […]

The law is the legal manifestation of differing ideologies held by Massachusetts’ state government and the current federal administration, an example of the inherent tension contained within a federalist system, according to WGBH’s Legal Analyst and Northeastern law professor Daniel Medwed.

Before the snowstorm earlier this month, I was looking for a new pair of boots and eventually just settled on a great, but relatively expensive, pair. A few days later, I found out the LL Bean store in the Prudential Center was selling the same brand, but for a better price. Had I known about Shopert, […]

We need to make people robot-proof in the wake of the fourth revolution and the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), according to AI expert, and the president of Northeastern University, Joseph Auon.

Northeastern University economist Alan Clayton-Matthews found that 4.5 percent of single filers and 41.7 percent of joint filers have state and local property tax payments that exceed $10,000. That means hundreds of thousands of filers could be affected.

“ArtoftheMarch.Boston” is an interactive, digital trove — and a large one at that — of the many slogans, sayings, and witty and creative phrases that were scribbled or delicately drawn onto the placards people brought to the demonstration in January of last year, one day after President Trump’s inauguration. A throng of marchers attended the […]

Dov Waxman, co-director of the Middle East Center at Northeastern University, discusses Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.”

Ever wonder what happened to the signs from the Women’s March in Boston last year? With the help of Northeastern University, a team of scholars, students and volunteers created an online archive of more than 6,000 posters and pieces of artwork from the Jan. 21, 2017 protest.

A singular focus on developing housing, however, may not be the way to establishing broader economic development and jobs for the city, said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a policy and economics professor at Northeastern University whose work focuses on labor market dynamics. But she said such a focus may attract people who have been priced out […]

Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has written several books about serial killings, said such crimes are often motivated by the killer’s need to avenge a catastrophic loss in their lives such as losing a job, falling deeply into debt or breaking up with a romantic partner.

“It certainly depends on how long it’s down,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law. “If they’re down over the weekend, it’s not such a big deal. If they’re down for a long time, things back up, and then it’s a bigger process and a more complicated one.”

Given up on your New Year’s resolutions already? You’re not alone. Research shows that only eight per cent of resolutions are kept throughout the year, while fully 25 per cent fail within the first week. Northeastern University psychology professor David DeSteno says that’s because we’re going about it wrong, because using willpower to change our habits simply […]