Boston.com As commencement season wraps up, study says half of college grads are expected to leave Boston
By Katherine Landergan, Town Correspondent As commencement season draws to a close, 1 out of every 2 local graduates are expected to immediately move out of Boston, according to a report by Northeastern University. The report, which was released this spring by the World Class Cities Partnership out of Northeastern University, found that recent grads from Boston colleges and universities tend to move elsewhere for job opportunities. Boston loses recent graduates to New York City, San Francisco, or Washington DC. The researchers didn’t...
read moreBoston.com How can Greater Boston keep its best and brightest? Put them to work
By Michael Morisy April 4, 2013 A report from Northeastern’s World Class Cities Partnership (WCCP) has the Boston and Cambridge city councils coming together to keep top students here, but the focus is not on a late running MBTA, happy hours, or even cheaper housing: It’s on putting that talent to work. Mike Lake and Dan Spiess, executive director and research director, respectively, for WCCP,summarize the discussions and their findings over on Global Business Hub, but it boils down to this: Nobody, or at least...
read moreThe Daily Free Press: College students leave Boston after school, study says
By Gina Choi April 3, 2013 Graduates from Boston-area colleges and universities are more likely to leave the city to find jobs after graduation, according to a study released Friday. Michael Lake, executive director of the World Class Cities Partnership at Northeastern University, the group that released the study, said the present job market draws graduates out of the city. “Recent graduates leave for one reason — where they find employment,” he said. “If Massachusetts can provide meaningful employment to young people, then we...
read moreMetro: Leaders in Boston and Cambridge want to keep talent from leaving the cities
By Morgan Rousseau March 27, 2013 It’s no secret that Boston and Cambridge are home to some of the world’s most elite colleges and universities, an attribute that attracts thousands of students each year. Sounds great, but there’s a downside – half of them earn their degree, then exit to the left. That’s why a coalition of city and educational leaders will hold a Mass Talent Retention public hearing Thursday on how to convince local talent to stay put after graduation. “We want to make sure that we keep the young, vibrant talent...
read moreGlobal Business Hub: The real reasons young people leave Massachusetts
Posted by Chad O’Connor April 1, 2013 11:00 AM Article by Mike Lake and Dan Spiess It is time to change the discourse around talent retention in Greater Boston. Last Thursday’s second-ever joint city council hearing, hosted by Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson and Cambridge City Councillor Leland Cheung, in partnership with the World Class Cities Partnership (WCCP), highlighted the concern of talent loss to many in the Boston area. The discourse on this topic is not new to local leaders and the same lamentations about why...
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