Northeastern has yet to receive an offer to sign on to the Trump administration’s higher education compact, according to a university spokesperson Oct. 21, which would require institutions to align their policies with the administration’s political agenda in exchange for...

President Joseph E. Aoun spoke for around 22 minutes during his annual address to the faculty senate Sept. 17, discussing artificial intelligence, enrollment declines and other challenges currently facing Northeastern and the larger higher education community.  The speech...

Northeastern is warning faculty of slowed or halted government services after the federal government shut down Oct. 1. Northeastern Provost Beth Winkelstein sent an email to all faculty listing services - including research grants and international student...

Three Northeastern professors are listed on Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, which aims to “expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students,” according to Turning Point USA’s website.  The Northeastern professors — Denis...

For the third year in a row, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun’s total compensation has exceeded $2 million, making him the highest-paid university president in Massachusetts, according to financial disclosures. Aoun was the eighth highest-paid university president nationwide...

Northeastern claimed spot 253 out of 257 in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s annual College Free Speech rankings, dropping 75 places from the previous year’s ranking.  The report, released Sept. 9, collected data from more than 68,000 college students...

Northeastern spent $270,000 on federal lobbying in the second quarter of 2025, marking 12 quarters of unchanged spending.  In its quarterly disclosures, the university reported spending on legislation related to funding for higher education programs and policy issues, including...

Six months after Northeastern rebranded the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to the Office of Belonging and Engagement, at least four Office of Belonging staff members no longer work at the university, according to emails reviewed by The Huntington News. The university...

R. Benjamin Knapp, a researcher who has held leadership roles at various universities, including Virginia Tech, has been appointed as the new dean of the College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, effective Aug. 22, the college announced July 25.  Interim Provost Tom Sheahan...

Physics professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Brent Nelson will serve as the interim dean of the College of Science, or COS, starting July 1 as the search for a permanent dean continues, according to a June 26 email from the Office of the Provost to the Northeastern...

Three weeks ago, Northeastern Class of 2025 graduates turned their tassels at Fenway Park, a tradition five years in the running. But despite the clear skies and beaming sun, this year’s commencement served as a bookend to a semester marked by political unrest, confusion and...

After years of legal back and forth, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 23 that the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, was wrong to allow sergeants and sergeant detectives to organize with the Northeastern University Police Department union. In 2023, the Northeastern...