Criminologists and other social scientists should use their expertise to help the subjects of their research, including crime victims, says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law, and public … read more »
After Catastrophe
There are surely more disruptions to come. Stephen E. Flynn, a security expert and former military officer who is co-director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security … read more »
Top 10 Myths About Mass Shootings
Even before the death toll in last Friday’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn., was determined, politicians, pundits, and professors of varied disciplines were all over the news, pushing their proposals … read more »
For Whom Is College Being Reinvented?
For whom are we reinventing college? The punditry around reinvention (including some in these pages) has trumpeted the arrival of MOOC’s, badges, “UnCollege,” and so on as the beginning of a … read more »
Americans Are Proud of U.S. Colleges but Not of Their Direction
Amid recession-era challenges in higher education and concerns about the nation’s competitiveness, Americans are simultaneously proud of colleges in the United States and critical of the direction in which they’re … read more »
Say Something: A Psychology Major Fights the Stigma of Mental Illness in Kuwait
Alaa Alhomaizi, a senior at Northeastern University, has traveled around her home country with her twin sister, Dalal, to raise awareness and promote treatment.
This Professor Can ‘Spit a 16′ and Then Find Its Square Root
It is safe to say that few members of the math faculty get asked the kind of question that Peter M. Plourde did at the start of a recent algebra … read more »
Northeastern U. Opens the First in a Planned Series of Graduate Campuses Across the U.S.
Northeastern University opened a graduate campus in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, the first step in a far-reaching plan to expand across the country, form research partnerships within cities, and take … read more »
Nanotechnologists Are Targets of Unabomber Copycat, Alarming Universities
A package bomb that injured two professors at a university here this month is the latest in a string of attacks by a new terror group inspired by the Unabomber. … read more »
With Perkins Loan Program Set to Expire in 3 Years, College Presidents Work to Preserve It
As college-access advocates work to preserve federal student-aid funds in a difficult budget climate, it’s natural that most of their attention is focused on Pell Grants. After all, that program … read more »
Cities Make Universities, Not The Other Way Around
This discussion at Matt Yglesias’ blog about whether universities make cities prosperous is interesting but I think the reverse causality is more relevant: how cities help create prosperous universities.