Last month, on the same day President Obama gave a speech that defended his decision not to militarily intervene in Syria, Max Abrahms, a professor at Northeastern University who specializes in terrorism, tweeted a blunt query: “When was the last US intervention in the Muslim world that was a resounding success?”

“It’s not a choice!” is a fundamental refrain of the gay-rights movement often echoed by both gay rights activists themselves and their allies. It adds a stark, clear line to the debate: You, the anti-gay-rights person, are punishing people for something they have no control over, just like their gender or the color of their […]

Colleges need to get more comfortable with integrating students into the working world, Mr. Gardner says. Otherwise, when they make the transition to the job market, “they just won’t have the experience, and they will wander in the wasteland for a couple of years until they put stuff together. That is cruel.” Of course, some […]

The role of Chief Data Officer is relatively new in the corporate world. In fact, nearly two-thirds of CDO positions have been created within just the past three years, according to research by Yang Lee, a professor at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business and co-director of MIT’s Chief Data Officer Research Program; and Randy […]

Charles J. “C.J.” Nessralla IV was a 24-year-old Northeastern graduate bound for medical school. He roomed on one side of Tremont Street — the Northeastern side — in the South End. Manny “Alex” Peguero was a 15-year-old immigrant growing up without his parents on the other side of Tremont — the more dangerous side — […]

The study’s authors, Beth Humberd of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Jamie Ladge at Northeastern University and Brad Harrington of the Boston College Center for Work and Family interviewed 31 working fathers with working spouses for their results. They recommend that employers acknowledge that fatherhood is a more time and attention consuming task than it […]

The term “adaptive learning” can mean many things, even to colleges that have begun experimenting with it. A broad definition is the use of software — often driven by data collection — to create a more individualized learning experience for students. Experts say adaptive learning has promise in tailoring coursework and supports to students, which […]

Failing to find work doesn’t just mean a shortage of cash in the near term. A study released in March by the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program said finding a job when you’re older is harder if you haven’t worked during your teenage years. In addition, “research shows those who work in high school have […]

I have tried to fall in love with the beautiful game. In fact, when I taught a semester in the UK during a sabbatical, I even purchased shares in the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and I proudly wear its colors. The problem is that for me — and apparently no one else in the world […]

Got a good idea? Why not write it on a white board mounted on a truck? Northeastern University is launching a new master’s degree in innovation and is celebrating with a “whiteboard innovation challenge,” meant to identify innovators who might be good candidates for the degree. The online contest includes an interactive mobile white board […]

Northeastern University wants your answer to the question: “How would you use technology to solve a problem you face every day?” And they want you to scribe that answer on the side of a truck. On Thursday, the university’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business will be announcing its Whiteboard Innovation Challenge at BostInno’s State of Innovation […]

The Oregon high school incident occurred five days after a shooting at Seattle Pacific University in Washington left one student dead, and slightly more than two weeks after a May 23 killing spree near the University of California, Santa Barbara, claimed seven lives, including the perpetrator. A study by Mr. Nichols and others published by […]