And while many news outlets have pointed out welders don’t often make more money than philosophers, his point is taken — why don’t we talk more about vocational schools as an option for students? The need for vocational schools is pointed out in a new study out of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern. […]

Northeastern University on Wednesday will launch its Center for Advancement of Veterans and Servicemembers, a facility that will allow student veterans to “benefit from the university’s experiential learning infrastructure through specialized co-op placements within a global network of 3,000 employers.” According to a statement released by the university, the center will offer mentorship opportunities and […]

Michael Meltsner, a Northeastern University law professor, said ordinances that specifically target panhandling “go too far,” adding that broader laws are already on the books to handle public safety situations. “Courts are slowly beginning to realize that poor people have a right to free speech, too, and it has to be protected,” he said.  

Schroeder, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, questioned whether moderators should encourage candidates to attack each other, calling that something of a debate cliché. The main thing, he said: “Stick to the facts, stick to the topics you are comfortable with as a journalist.”

“The real barrier to meeting some of those needs is very much in our vocational schools that desperately need to be expanded,” Barry Bluestone, a report author and professor of political economy at Northeastern University, told WBUR’s Morning Edition on Monday. He pointed to waiting lists for the state’s existing vocational schools, and said Massachusetts has not built a new […]

Northeastern University a cappella group Pitch, Please! entertained guests at the annual Big in Boston gala for the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston. WBZ’s Lisa Hughes emceed the benefit at the Museum of Fine Arts. The night’s honoree was Paul Guzzi, former president of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

The report, which examined US Census data, Labor Department employment projections, and enrollments at the state’s vocational schools, was commissioned by the Massachusetts School Building Authority, a quasi-public agency that finances school construction. The authority sought the study because it has been inundated with funding requests from vocational schools seeking to expand, said Barry Bluestone, […]