Boston College Seeks to Give Others Pause in the Overhaul of Scholarships

Boston College Seeks to Give Others Pause in the Overhaul of Scholarships

BOSTON — On a recent afternoon, snow fell on Boston College's tidy campus in suburban Chestnut Hill, piling atop the upper stands of Alumni Stadium and the tennis-style bubble enclosing the football field. “We have spring practice,” Athletic Director …

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Are Women's Colleges Doomed? What Sweet Briar's Demise Tells Us

Becca Ruesch, a sophomore at Simmons College in Boston, calls it "the best decision I ever made." She recently wrote an op-ed about her decision to attend an all-women's school. Years ago, she wrote, she would have balked at the thought: "I was worried …

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Newton TAB: Letters

Blow-back from the storm. Now that the snow has hopefully passed I would like to respond to the mayor's request for a performance review. Many of us fell short, but I would like to highlight some of the efforts people have made to make the situation worse.

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Learning the tools and treats of house swaps

In Tarragona, Spain, we stayed in an oceanfront apartment so close to the town center that we could stroll in for the festival and watch the castellers making human towers seven tiers high, then stroll back for siesta or an afternoon swim. Since our …

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The danger of neglecting community colleges

But nowhere near enough. There are six jobs for every community college graduate with an associate's degree in computer science and information technology, and five for every health care grad, the Department of Higher Education says. At the current …

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