Impatient with colleges, employers design their own courses “There’s just a giant gap there,” said Sean Gallagher, executive director of the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy at Northeastern University. Fewer graduates are emerging from the pipeline than are needed, he said. “I think that’s why the tech sector has been the place where these alternative models are being […]
How colleges can prepare students for a robotic world The robots are coming. They’re coming for my job, for your job, quite frankly for a whole lot of jobs in the very near future. Long story short: anything that can be automated probably will. So how do we really prepare young people for that future? Well, Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, says it’s […]
Xconomy Massachusetts leads the fight for a more (cyber) secure future Massachusetts ranks number one nationally in STEM graduates and generates 56 percent more bachelor degrees in computer science and engineering per capita than the rest of the U.S. combined. Harvard, Northeastern, and Boston College are now offering degree programs specific to cybersecurity, helping to train our next line of defense.
Can a 20 minute test tell employers what a college degree cannot? To be sure, the degree still matters. Employers pay a premium in salary for people with bachelor’s degrees, says Sean Gallagher, who studies credentials and hiring issues as executive director of Northeastern University’s new Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. But the interest in these tests, he says, is another sign […]
EdSurge How boundaries between colleges and companies will continue to blur Some employers are starting to focus more energy on offering educational benefits to their employees, while colleges are struggling to respond to the growing interest by students in helping them land a job. A new center at Northeastern University sits at the intersection of these two areas—called the Center for the Future of Higher Education […]
Archinect ‘Future-use architecture’, a project by faculty members at Northeastern, wins $100k Latrobe Prize Awarded every other year by the AIA College of Fellows, the Latrobe Prize is a major award—$100,000—granted to a two-year project that leads “to significant advances in the architectural profession.” This year, the award, which is named after architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, was given to a team of three faculty members of Northeastern University’s School […]
EdSurge What colleges should know about a growing ‘talent strategy’ push by companies A new research center at Northeastern University hopes to help close the gap, by fostering better dialogue between colleges and employers, and helping colleges understand both what employers want and what colleges are already doing. It’s called the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, and it’s led by Sean Gallagher, who […]
Grade Point Three predictions about the future of higher education 2. The strongest universities are those that depend on more than just students for their revenue. Moody’s gave Northeastern University a “positive outlook” based in part on its “revenue diversification” attributed to the university’s expansion in research buildings and faculty. There is much discussion these days about whether colleges and universities need to “unbundle” their […]
CBS News NASA is sending two humanoid robots to college They look like they could be cousins of C-3PO of “Star Wars” fame, and now they’re off to college. NASA has awarded two prototype humanoid robots to research groups at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeastern University for development work. NASA’s R5 robots were initially conceived for disaster-relief maneuvers, but now are seen as potential […]
MCAS And PARCC: The future of testing in Massachusetts The future of school testing has long been a subject of passionate debate. It’s back in the news here in Massachusetts because of plans to ditch the MCAS, which students have been taking since 1998, in favor of the PARCC test. PARCC stands for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. It’s […]
Boston.com Five Boston schools that will help you prepare for the future The 50 colleges in the new book all have outstanding academics, but, as the book’s author Robert Franek said, they put the “hire” in higher education. The Princeton Review pointed out that many of the schools, like Northeastern, have co-op, internship or study abroad programs that lead to jobs for their students. At Northeastern, for […]
U.S. News University Colleges aim for creativity with degree programs Graffiti and vandalism are frowned upon in everyday life, but one college is aiming to use these actions to encourage future students to think outside of the box. As part of its Whiteboard Innovation Challenge, Northeastern University recently introduced a plain white van to the streets of Boston. According to BetaBoston, the vehicle had simple […]