The results of a survey, commissioned by Northeastern University in an effort to examine the current public opinion of American higher education, indicate that most Americans believe higher education must change to stay competitive globally.
After continuous demands by members of the Northeastern Community Task Force for more detailed proposals during Institutional Master Plan (IMP) meetings, the Nov. 15 Task Force meeting was cancelled because the university said it was not yet ready to provide the specifics requested.
Working alongside Northeastern’s Oxfam America Club, several Northeastern resident assistants (RA) are set to hold a hunger banquet on Dec. 2 from 5-7 p.m in 444 Curry Student Center.
The findings of a Northeastern-sponsored survey, released today, show that 70 percent of Americans believe higher education is “extremely” or “very important” to achieving the American Dream.
On an unusually warm November day at the Veterans Memorial, Northeastern honored its service members, who have fought from the battlefields of Europe and shores of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan.
Though Boston was largely spared by Hurricane Sandy, a number of Northeastern students with roots in the mid-Atlantic region are working hard to help people in areas severely damaged by the storm.
Most Northeastern students will recall Anthony Bitetto from his days on the Matthews Arena ice. As a philanthropist? Not so much. But when Hurricane Sandy hit Bitetto’s hometown, the Northeastern alumnus set up his own fund to raise money for his community.
It’s tempting to think what we might do if we had been elected in Barack Obama’s place. It’s also the question behind If I Were President, a platform for the proposal and development of such ideas, created a Northeastern student entrepreneur.
The men's soccer team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after winning the Colonial Athletic Association Championship 1-0 over Hofstra University in double overtime on Sunday. The Huskies will take on the Boston College Eagles at Parsons Field tonight at 7 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Northeastern’s Student Veterans Organization (SVO) advocates for more than 300 veterans who finished their time in the armed services and came to Northeastern. Across the nation, almost a million veterans are doing the same thing, and with the US finishing two wars in the Middle East, that number has grown.
Obituary: Kenneth Gilmore Ryder, former president of Northeastern University, died Oct. 29, 2012 at the age of 88. Ryder was the fourth president of Northeastern, serving the university for 14 years between 1975 and 1989.
