“Hamilton” aside, America’s first colleges like Harvard, Yale, and William & Mary bred more faithful subjects of the crown than revolutionaries.
Kirk Carapezza
Kirk Carapezza covers higher education for GBH News in Boston and hosts its consumer-facing podcast College Uncovered.
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Financial Stress Tests for Small Colleges?
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education meets Tuesday to discuss the future of students at Mount Ida College, the liberal arts college in Newton set to close at the end of the month. Many of its 1,500 students—and incoming ones who had planned to enroll this fall—are unsure where they will complete their degrees. One […]
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Risky Business: Banking On International Students
More and more American colleges and universities depend on foreign students to make sure their costs are low. But those students are increasingly going to other countries to study and the current political attitude towards immigrants is partly to blame.
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College of the Holy Cross Will Keep The Crusader As Mascot
UPDATE: After months of debate, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester announced it is keeping its mascot, the Crusader. The small Catholic college has reaffirmed that students, athletes and alumni will continue to be known as Crusaders who fight for social justice. In the fall, Holy Cross President Rev. Philip Boroughs asked students […]
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NLRB Denies Harvard’s Appeal In Graduate Student Union Election
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Harvard prevented a free and fair election on forming a graduate student union, clearing a path for another vote.
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Amherst To Take In Puerto Rican Students Displaced By Maria
Amherst College announced it is planning to admit Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricane Maria seven weeks after the story devastated the island.
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Harvard Faculty Reconsiders Single-Gender Club Ban
Harvard faculty met Tuesday afternoon to reconsider a proposed ban on fraternities, sororities and other single-gender social clubs. After recommending the College prohibit students from joining the groups, they may be backtracking after receiving flack from former students.
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Studying With Your Smartphone? That’s Not So Smart
New research shows the mere presence of your smartphone – even if it isn’t ringing and you aren’t staring at it – undermines your ability to perform certain tasks. A team of psychologists ran a series of experiments with college students and found that their attention and problem-solving varied depending on the location of their […]
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18 States Sue Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Regulations
Massachusetts is leading 18 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, challenging her plans to roll back regulations designed to protect students at for-profit colleges.
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How New York’s Free College Plan Could Disrupt Higher Ed Market
Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill making the Empire State the first state to cover tuition at all public colleges and universities for low- and income families. New York’s decision to offer free tuition at public colleges follows similar efforts in Chicago, Oregon and Tennessee, where lawmakers have made community college […]
