As Massachusetts governor, Romney had an unremarkable record on jobs An overheated industry has gone bust. A tepid economy is not producing enough jobs. And a successful businessman promises he can use his private-sector experience to jump-start the economy.
Duncan, Kerry call for action on tuition Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Senator John F. Kerry joined 13 college presidents and some 100 students from across the area for a wide-ranging discussion yesterday that emphasized the need to keep higher education affordable for the middle class.
Obama’s Call to Action: Political Theatrics or Authentic School Reform? A student drops out of high school every nine seconds, according to a recent study conducted by the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition. In his recent State of the Union address President Obama proposed a relatively simple solution: require every state to keep all students in school until they graduate or turn 18.
CNN Money The Romney kids’ $100 million trust fund Mitt Romney’s five sons — Matt, Tagg, Craig, Ben and Josh — are sitting pretty with a trust fund worth $100 million. Getting there took investments that produced great growth, according to the Romney campaign. It also took smart tax strategies.
The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class, and Why Mitt Romney Doesn’t Know January’s increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story — the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class.
What’s News from B-Schools Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration has named Hugh Courtney to its top spot. Mr. Courtney is currently vice dean and a strategy professor at University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, where he oversees its undergraduate, M.B.A. and M.S. degree programs, and leads the school’s executive-education arm. He will begin the new […]
Symbotic’s 25 m.p.h robots CasePick Systems is a company Iâve been tracking since I had my first meeting with its founder, John Lert, in 2007. At the time, Lert did not want me to write about the company but he showed me some nifty animations of how robots might be able to move merchandise more efficiently around warehouses.
Colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug When U.S. News & World Report debuted its list of “America’s Best Colleges” nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they’ve had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
Facebook prepares for risks and rewards in its future Management consultant and business expert Peter Cohan does not plan on investing in Facebook stock any time soon. The author of 10 business books, including Capital Rising and Export Now, took a look at the social media network’s filings for its coming share sale, which could value it as high as $100bn, and knew he […]
Report Suggests ‘End Of The Segregated Century’ The Manhattan Institute reports that U.S. metropolitan areas are now more integrated than any time since 1910. The migration of African Americans to the South, gentrification and immigration have all contributed to the shift. Yet some argue the decline of segregation does not mean racial inequality is obsolete.
The Christian Science Monitor Obama is no ‘food stamp president’ One of the few things Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on is that President Obama is turning America into “European-style welfare culture.” In his standard stump speech Romney charges Obama with creating a nation of dependents. “Over the past three years Barack Obama has been replacing our merit-based society with an entitlement society.”
Ye olde rivalry: New England vs NY goes way back; colonial Mass. had no love for âYorkersâ Think this New York vs. New England thing is a product of the modern sports era? Prithee, fuggedaboudit. “It doesn’t quite go back to the glaciers, but it’s close,” said William Fowler, author and history professor at Northeastern University in Boston.