Higher EducationWBUR's coverage of higher education news.Students like mine will suffer if they must hide their race in college essaysOur nation’s highest court is on the cusp of telling millions of children that educators will no longer be able to fully consider their stories, writes Kate Peltz.CognoscentiMar 13, 2023Community college started me toward my PhDOnly when I finally attended community college did I feel that maybe I could be a successful college student, writes Brandi Perri. Other students shouldn't have to struggle so hard...CognoscentiMar 3, 2023Why we should teach students about loveMy students love talking about love -- and maybe studying it can help them learn to connect, writes Mark Wagner.CognoscentiJan 6, 2023I didn't cry when I took my son to college. Then I got homeI pull into our driveway and see the house listing, as it prepares to welcome back three, not four, writes Bill Eville. CognoscentiSep 8, 2022Let's forgive student debt, but only for the hardest-luck borrowersPresident Biden shouldn't listen to those who push for greater student loan forgiveness, writes Rich Barlow.CognoscentiJun 9, 2022AdvertisementMIT’s investment in fossil fuels is wrong. We also think it's illegalMIT refuses to use its power — including control of its $27.4 billion endowment — for climate action, write Owen Leddy and Ellie Rabenold.CognoscentiFeb 22, 2022Why we stopped grading our students on their writingExternal motivations like grades squash internal ones like curiosity and interest, the mindsets that motivate learning, write Marisa Milanese and Gwen Kordonowy.CognoscentiJan 12, 2022Public College Is Expensive, Too. My Son Has $27K In Debt — From UMassGraduates of public universities in Massachusetts once had the second-lowest student debt in the country, writes Nancy Grossman. Now they have one of the highest.CognoscentiMay 25, 2021Uncertainty And Pandemic Shortfalls Prompt 'Very Tough' Cuts At UMassThe system's adjusted $3.3 billion budget involves a projected $291 million in expense reductions.Local CoverageSep 22, 2020International Students Still Being Denied Visas, AGs WarnA group of state attorneys general led by Maura Healey told a federal judge Tuesday that federal officials have not yet followed through with their pledge to keep in place...Local CoverageJul 23, 2020UMass Pairs Tuition Freeze With Layoffs And Spending CutsThe University of Massachusetts will cut fiscal 2021 spending about 5% below last year's level, part of a strategy to close a $264 million budget gap as the university and...Local CoverageJul 20, 2020Poll: Many Low-Income, Latino Residents Are Rethinking College Amid The PandemicA sizable minority of Massachusetts’ most underserved high school students and their families are reconsidering their higher education plans in light of the coronavirus pandemic.Local CoverageJul 15, 2020Gov't Rescinds Rule Barring Foreign Students From U.S. While Colleges Hold Classes RemotelyThe Department of Homeland Security agreed to rescind new and tighter restrictions placed on student visas amid a suit begun by Harvard and MIT. The striking reversal came in a...ResumeLocal Coverage03:33Jul 14, 2020Loughlin, Giannulli Want $1M Bail Cut Ahead Of Sentencing In College Admissions Scandal"Full House" actor Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli are urging a judge to cut their bail from $1 million to $100,000, saying they will not flee...Local CoverageJul 14, 2020More Than 200 Schools Back Harvard/MIT Lawsuit Over Foreign Student RuleThe schools have signed court briefs arguing that a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy jeopardizes students’ safety and forces schools to reconsider fall plans they have spent months preparing.Local CoverageJul 13, 2020Hampshire College Offers Foreign Students 'Sanctuary' Amid New RulesCollege President Ed Wingenbach said in a statement this week that the private, liberal arts college in Amherst isn’t directly impacted by the new measures, but that the school has...Local CoverageJul 9, 2020Harvard And MIT Sue To Block Tougher ICE Policy On Student VisasIn a suit filed jointly Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court, attorneys for the two universities said the rule “leaves hundreds of thousands with no educational options within the United...Local CoverageJul 8, 2020MIT Will Welcome Seniors Back To Campus This FallThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology will only welcome back two groups of students to its Cambridge campus: Rising seniors who wish to return and "a relatively small fraction of other...Local CoverageJul 7, 2020Brown Announces Plans For Students' Return To Campus In FallUndergraduates will be required to be on campus for two of the three terms - fall, spring and summer - but no first-year students will attend the fall term, President...Local CoverageJul 7, 2020ICE: International Students Whose Courses Are All Online This Fall Must Leave U.S.The immigration agency announced Monday that it is walking back exemptions issued in the spring which allowed international students on F-1 and M-1 visas to temporarily circumvent federal regulations around...Local CoverageJul 7, 2020Next Page
Students like mine will suffer if they must hide their race in college essaysOur nation’s highest court is on the cusp of telling millions of children that educators will no longer be able to fully consider their stories, writes Kate Peltz.CognoscentiMar 13, 2023
Community college started me toward my PhDOnly when I finally attended community college did I feel that maybe I could be a successful college student, writes Brandi Perri. Other students shouldn't have to struggle so hard...CognoscentiMar 3, 2023
Why we should teach students about loveMy students love talking about love -- and maybe studying it can help them learn to connect, writes Mark Wagner.CognoscentiJan 6, 2023
I didn't cry when I took my son to college. Then I got homeI pull into our driveway and see the house listing, as it prepares to welcome back three, not four, writes Bill Eville. CognoscentiSep 8, 2022
Let's forgive student debt, but only for the hardest-luck borrowersPresident Biden shouldn't listen to those who push for greater student loan forgiveness, writes Rich Barlow.CognoscentiJun 9, 2022
MIT’s investment in fossil fuels is wrong. We also think it's illegalMIT refuses to use its power — including control of its $27.4 billion endowment — for climate action, write Owen Leddy and Ellie Rabenold.CognoscentiFeb 22, 2022
Why we stopped grading our students on their writingExternal motivations like grades squash internal ones like curiosity and interest, the mindsets that motivate learning, write Marisa Milanese and Gwen Kordonowy.CognoscentiJan 12, 2022
Public College Is Expensive, Too. My Son Has $27K In Debt — From UMassGraduates of public universities in Massachusetts once had the second-lowest student debt in the country, writes Nancy Grossman. Now they have one of the highest.CognoscentiMay 25, 2021
Uncertainty And Pandemic Shortfalls Prompt 'Very Tough' Cuts At UMassThe system's adjusted $3.3 billion budget involves a projected $291 million in expense reductions.Local CoverageSep 22, 2020
International Students Still Being Denied Visas, AGs WarnA group of state attorneys general led by Maura Healey told a federal judge Tuesday that federal officials have not yet followed through with their pledge to keep in place...Local CoverageJul 23, 2020
UMass Pairs Tuition Freeze With Layoffs And Spending CutsThe University of Massachusetts will cut fiscal 2021 spending about 5% below last year's level, part of a strategy to close a $264 million budget gap as the university and...Local CoverageJul 20, 2020
Poll: Many Low-Income, Latino Residents Are Rethinking College Amid The PandemicA sizable minority of Massachusetts’ most underserved high school students and their families are reconsidering their higher education plans in light of the coronavirus pandemic.Local CoverageJul 15, 2020
Gov't Rescinds Rule Barring Foreign Students From U.S. While Colleges Hold Classes RemotelyThe Department of Homeland Security agreed to rescind new and tighter restrictions placed on student visas amid a suit begun by Harvard and MIT. The striking reversal came in a...ResumeLocal Coverage03:33Jul 14, 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli Want $1M Bail Cut Ahead Of Sentencing In College Admissions Scandal"Full House" actor Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli are urging a judge to cut their bail from $1 million to $100,000, saying they will not flee...Local CoverageJul 14, 2020
More Than 200 Schools Back Harvard/MIT Lawsuit Over Foreign Student RuleThe schools have signed court briefs arguing that a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy jeopardizes students’ safety and forces schools to reconsider fall plans they have spent months preparing.Local CoverageJul 13, 2020
Hampshire College Offers Foreign Students 'Sanctuary' Amid New RulesCollege President Ed Wingenbach said in a statement this week that the private, liberal arts college in Amherst isn’t directly impacted by the new measures, but that the school has...Local CoverageJul 9, 2020
Harvard And MIT Sue To Block Tougher ICE Policy On Student VisasIn a suit filed jointly Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court, attorneys for the two universities said the rule “leaves hundreds of thousands with no educational options within the United...Local CoverageJul 8, 2020
MIT Will Welcome Seniors Back To Campus This FallThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology will only welcome back two groups of students to its Cambridge campus: Rising seniors who wish to return and "a relatively small fraction of other...Local CoverageJul 7, 2020
Brown Announces Plans For Students' Return To Campus In FallUndergraduates will be required to be on campus for two of the three terms - fall, spring and summer - but no first-year students will attend the fall term, President...Local CoverageJul 7, 2020
ICE: International Students Whose Courses Are All Online This Fall Must Leave U.S.The immigration agency announced Monday that it is walking back exemptions issued in the spring which allowed international students on F-1 and M-1 visas to temporarily circumvent federal regulations around...Local CoverageJul 7, 2020