1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (317+ words) Six Massachusetts community colleges are working together with employers across the state to start new apprenticeship degree programs that allow students to earn money in jobs related to their fields of study before graduation. "It's going incredibly well, and proving…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (467+ words) Harvard Medical School is revamping programs focused on diversity and a decades-long effort to recruit future doctors from underserved communities in response to an "ever-evolving national landscape." In a statement to the school community on Wednesday, George Q. Daley, dean of…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (715+ words) Sheila Lirio Marcelo is a founding board member of the Asian American Foundation, the founder and CEO of Ohai. ai, and the founder of Care. com. As millions of Americans tuned into the show and expressed their opinions on the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (613+ words) Co-op programs have helped some private universities like Northeastern University rocket ahead of the competition, offering students the chance to gain valuable work experience and networking opportunities before heading into an increasingly brutal labor market. Now the state of Massachusetts…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (663+ words) More than a year and a half after a State Police recruit died from academy training injuries, the agency has yet to release a review of the academy's grueling paramilitary regimen, even as several troopers are slated to appear in…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (870+ words) PROVIDENCE " The excitement in Terry Gray's voice is palpable when he's speaking about the 2, 300 forested acres in West Greenwich, R. I. , that make up the University of Rhode Island's W. Alton Jones Campus. "It's really beautiful out there," said Gray, the director of…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (976+ words) From opening up about his mental health struggles to the difficulty of making music outside of his hometown, here are four takeaways from the documentary. Being back home with his parents and siblings led to him making music about Vermont…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago  (286+ words) Zach Przystup is the author of the Substack newsletter Ask Your Father, where he writes about parenting, family life, sports, and technology. C. S. Lewis wrote, "Someday you'll be old enough to read fairy tales again." It looks like I've reached that…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (1434+ words) As Boston Public Schools grapple with a budget crunch, city officials have proposed far more cuts for teachers and classroom aides than for higher-paid administrators in the central office. Yet it is precisely those administrators whose ranks have ballooned in…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (187+ words) Brandon Cardet-Hernandez is the founder and CEO of Medley Learning. In January, my term as a member of the Boston School Committee ended. I felt two things at once: gratitude for the chance to serve, and urgency about what comes…...