Women in the World When Women Traffic Other Women The arrest and conviction rates for human trafficking aren’t much better. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) states, “Due to the underground nature of trafficking, the number of victims is unknown.” In a 2012 report to the NIJ on Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Trafficking Cases, Northeastern University and Urban Institute […]
Out of Work Over 9 Months? Good Luck Finding a Job Messrs. Eriksson and Rooth conducted their experiment in Sweden, but they argue their results likely apply to the U.S. as well, which has a relatively similar job market in many respects. But there’s some evidence their conclusions may be optimistic.Northeastern University graduate student Rand Ghayad conducted a similar experiment in the U.S. last year. His research, which hasn’t […]
Still tough for Mass. teens to find summer jobs Beyond boosting a teen’s self-esteem, jobs for young people give them skills that prepare them for the workplace and full-time employment. A study released in July by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University found that having summer jobs made it less likely that low-income teens in Boston would engage in violence. But […]
The Chronicle of Philanthropy 10,000 Sign Up for Buffett-Backed Online Course on Giving The first “massive open online course” devoted to philanthropy, launched last month with support from Warren Buffett and his sister, Doris, has drawn some 10,000 students, reports the Los Angeles Times. Participants in the free six-week course will hear video lectures by the Buffetts and other prominent philanthropists and will give away more than $100,000 provided by Ms. […]
Boston.com Graduation rates among African-American students on the rise at Northeastern, study says Graduation rates among black students at Northeastern University are on the rise, according to a study by The Education Trust. According to the report, in the past decade, the graduation rate among African-American students at Northeastern has grown 27.4 percentage points — from 42.1 percent in 2002 to 69.5 percent in 2011. From 2010 to 2011 alone, […]
CNN Money Female economists: Pick Janet, but leave gender out of it! “Gender is not a valid part of the conversation, and it’s sort of embarrassing that there is so much focus on it rather than on the substantial differences between Yellen and Summers,” said Jodi Beggs, a lecturer at Northeastern University and blogger behind Economists Do It With Models.
Boston Globe Is Another Metro Paper Gone Local While many Bostonians welcomed a local owner back to The Globe, they also raised Mr. Henry’s potential for conflicts of interest. Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, said in a phone interview that The Globe still would be responsible for covering Mr. Henry’s Red Sox, city issues related to the Red Sox like […]
John Henry’s Deal To Buy The Boston Globe Brings Optimism Former Globe reporter and now Northeastern University professor Walter Robinson is hopeful Henry can maintain the same excellence of journalism at the Globe that he has brought to his other endeavors, most especially the Red Sox. “My hope, my expectation is that nothing will change, that the paper will continue to do the kind of […]
MarketWatch 10 things cruise lines won’t tell you 8. “There is still plenty of peril on the sea.” It seems like something out of a movie: Four masked men armed with shot guns and pistols stick up a tour group of more than 60 cruise passengers and crew viewing a tropical waterfall, then make off into the bushes with money, watches, camera and […]
Boston Ballet, Northeastern prepare dancers for future Northeastern and Boston Ballet no longer want dance and education to exist separately, hoping instead to integrate the two with a little flexibility. They are partners in a novel initiative that allows dancers to earn a college degree while they dance. This first group of 16 dancing students started in May, and dancers have six […]
From Recession’s Wake, Education Innovation Blooms “Disadvantaged populations need higher-touch services, not self-services,” said Peter Stokes, an expert on education innovation at Northeastern University. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, 26, is an English master’s student at Felix Houphouet Boigny University in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. He does not believe online education can or should replace the classroom. “We’re going to be […]
Researchers Bet Casino Data Can Identify Gambling Addicts So far, U.S. courts consistently have rejected arguments that casinos are liable for the behavior of addicted patrons. But some attorneys trying to take on gambling companies say that if behavioral tracking truly can identify potential problem gamblers, the legal tide could turn, similar to the way bar owners have been found partly at fault […]