Forbes Urban teens publicly debate financial topics that will shape their futures and ours Regarding the merits of a four-year college degree, a Pew Research Poll, which I highlighted earlier this month, shows that workers with a Bachelor’s degree or higher earn on average $17,000 more annually than their peers with only a high school diploma. In addition, college graduates have significantly lower rates of poverty and unemployment that those without a degree. […]
College is still for creating citizens The fierce debate about the future of higher education in America has clarified some issues even as it has polarized national thinking on the question. While most people agree that current models need rethinking, few have answered where we would be without a vibrant, multifaceted higher-education sector. Two points are critical to this discussion: stimulating […]
WCVB TV NU’s Bouve College of Health Sciences School of Nursing Celebrates 50th Anniversary on Nov. 2 with Danielle Vollmar Northeastern University’s School of Nursing, part of its acclaimed Bouvé College of Health Sciences, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on November 2, 2013 at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston at 6 p.m. Boston’s WCVB-TV Meterologist Danielle Vollmar will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Afaf I. Meleis, the Dean of University of Pennsylvania’s School of […]
WCVB TV Service members’ college tuition help halted by shutdown It is a stressful time for Northeastern University students who are also active-duty service members. The Pentagon has suspended tuition assistance funding as a result of the government shutdown. There’s a lot of uncertainty,” said Lt. Col. Blaise Gallahue, who leads Northeastern’s ROTC program. “We are just hoping those decisions get made soon and quickly […]
WCVB TV NU’s Bouve College Celebrates 50th Anniversary on Nov. 2 Northeastern University’s School of Nursing, part of its acclaimed Bouvé College of Health Sciences, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on November 2, 2013 at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston at 6 p.m. Boston’s WCVB-TV reporter Rhondella Richardson, a Northeastern alumna, will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Afaf I. Meleis, the Dean of […]
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 […]
Online Colleges Borrowing for a Future: American Student Debt Student loan debt is increasingly the front-and-center concern in the lives of young Americans. As college graduates are looking to take the next step in beginning their career, many are saddled with large amounts of debt. Although there are plans to help new graduates pay student loans, many have grown wary of borrowing money for […]
Online MBA New Business Dean for Northeastern Discusses First Semester, Future Plans For Hugh Courtney, dean of Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business, his arrival couldn’t have been better timed. Courtney began his tenure as the dean July 1, two months later the business school received a $60 million gift from alumni Richard D’Amore and Alan McKim to rename the business school from the College of Business […]
Survey finds 4 in 10 Americans believe college is a good value Americans believe that higher education is imperative for a successful future, but they believe that the US higher education system is providing poor value for the cost, a Northeastern University survey has found.
Healthcare IT News Q&A: Northeastern’s Timothy Bickmore on the clinical future of relational agents Timothy Bickmore, associate professor at Northeastern University’s College of Computer and Information Science, has been working for the past decade in the area of “relational agents.” He says these artificially intelligent avatars are poised for a promising future in healthcare.
Lights, Camera, Weapons Check? Actors Worry After Baldwin Charges. Victor Talmadge, director of the theater studies program at Mills College at Northeastern University, and an actor who has worked with guns on set, said that future films might make greater use of special effects or require more training with guns for actors, but that he did not think real guns would disappear from the […]
The Potential Dark Side of a White-Hot Labor Market “We worry about their long-term futures, if this derails them from ever going to college, for a $17 to $19 Target job. That’s a loss,” said Alicia Sasser Modestino, an associate professor at Northeastern University who researches labor economics and youth development.