Measuring the Underemployed
Artificial intelligence is booming in Boston and beyond, and economists warn that it could throw thousands of people out of work.
College seniors nearing graduation are often asked what they’ll do next. How will they put their new degree to use? Or will they end up working at their neighborhood cof…
Did We Really Just Discover 10,000 New Planets?
First up, It’s been an especially chaotic month for higher-ed reporters, now with cuts to research at MIT, the closure of Hampshire College & more. GBH’s Kirk Carapezza takes us behind his reporting for College Uncovered.
Then, Researchers just discovered as many as 10,000 new exoplanets out in t…
Higher Ed’s Deflate-gate
Harvard faculty have approved a controversial plan to overhaul the college’s grading system, including new limits on how many A’s professors can award. The goal: make an A mean something again.
But the debate goes beyond transcripts and GPAs. At a moment of deep skepticism toward elite higher educa…
The colonial campus where it happened? Not exactly.
The story of America’s founding comes with a familiar cast and setting: young white men in powdered wigs, animated by Enlightenment ideals, pacing college greens and tavern floors, debating liberty into existence.
Colonial colleges emerge as engines of revolution – hotbeds of radical thought that …
Who should hold power over higher education?
In July, the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul of federal higher education policy and financing took effect.
The changes touch nearly every part of the sector, from who can afford graduate school to who decides which scientific discoveries receive billions of dollars in taxpayer funding.
S…
What Do I Need To Know This Back-To-School Season?
September 9, 2026
Craig LeMoult is in for Edgar.
Kicking off back-to-school season, we'll talk with BTU President Erik Berg about recent K-12 headlines, including a cellphone ban bill languishing on Beacon Hill, ICE in classrooms, and Gov. Healey’s pursuit of an additional $100 million in school f…
Privacy vs. security: Why Mass. communities are cutting ties with Flock Cameras
On this episode of In Common:
How Flock Surveillance quietly built one of the largest private surveillance networks in American history. But privacy advocates -- including the ACLU of Massachusetts -- have raised alarms that these cameras allow warrantless tracking, share sensitive data with out…
Trump administration imposes time limit on international visas
The Trump administration is changing how long international students can stay in the US before they have to reapply for a visa… or go home. The new four-year cap takes effect this Sept. 15. Higher education leaders say it could make it much harder for students to change majors or schools, or simply…
The Harvard professor who lost her tenure
Francesca Gino is the first professor in Harvard University’s long history to lose her tenure.
The former Harvard Business School professor built a reputation studying honesty and dishonesty, decision-making and ethics, workplace dynamics and productivity.
She became one of the most prominent resea…
Preserving the mission even when colleges close
Massachusetts has the highest concentration of private colleges in the country. It also leads the nation in private college closures. Twenty-seven have shut down or announced plans to close since 2014.
Across the country, declining enrollment, rising costs, fierce competition and mounting financia…
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