Amid nationwide hiring freezes and slowdowns spurred by the Trump administration’s efforts to slash federal spending, Northeastern has "considerably" slowed its hiring, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan said at a March 12 faculty senate meeting.  Since...

The Department of Education, or Education Department, announced March 11 that it plans to cut nearly half of its employees, taking its total staff from around 4,133 workers to 2,183, a move that will likely have direct impacts on federally funded education in the United States. The...

The federal government issued a FAQ Feb. 28 outlining how it will enforce its order for educational institutions to eliminate race-based programs. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, issued the FAQ as a follow-up to its Feb. 14 “Dear Colleague"...

The Provost Search Committee tasked with appointing Northeastern’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan’s successor held a sparsely attended open forum Feb. 25 for undergraduate students to offer their input on what they want to see in Northeastern’s...

Under the directive of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a “Dear Colleague” letter Feb. 14 to all educational institutions in the country receiving federal funding, which includes public K-12 schools and higher education...

Northeastern’s faculty senate — the university governing body that represents the faculty — voted Feb. 12 to change the chair of the senate from the provost to the chair of the Senate Agenda Committee. Full-time faculty have until March 12 to vote on the amendment before...

In December 2024, an eclectic group of more than 30 powerful CEOs, billionaires and business leaders from across the globe joined Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun at Northeastern’s Boston campus to outline the university’s top priorities, shaping its framework and future.  The...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a database of over 3,400 National Science Foundation, or NSF, grants awarded towards what he deemed “questionable” research that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion or “advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” in a Feb. 11 press...

A federal audit published by the National Science Foundation’s Office of the Inspector General Feb. 6 revealed significant financial mismanagement within several of Northeastern’s federally funded research projects. As a result, the university agreed to reimburse the National...

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun sent an email to the Northeastern community Feb. 12 around 10 a.m. expressing a continued commitment to the university’s “core values” amid an outcry for communication from university leadership. The statement came weeks after President...

President Joseph E. Aoun announced the committee responsible for appointing David Madigan’s replacement as Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs in a Feb. 5 email to the Northeastern community. The announcement comes weeks after an internal...

As immigration raids ramp up across the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies targeting undocumented immigrants, at least one Northeastern academic department on the Boston campus has issued guidance “about responding to possible activity...