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Boston University 2022 Report highlights financial progress, research initiatives and competitive admission

Jennifer Small January 24, 2023
The 2022 Boston University Financial Report credited FY2022’s success to the swift resumption of residential learning, teaching and research after the pandemic as well as budgeting, planning and disciplined financial management.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

Latest with Lin: Elite or elitist? How America’s best public schools can combat inequality

Michael Lin March 16, 2022
The fact that the fate of these admissions processes will only affect about 1% of students in this country, it is important that these institutions fight for a more diverse student body and prove that public education can be elite without being elitist.
Students on campus at Harvard University. Challenges to affirmative action at Harvard University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will be heard by the Supreme Court which could end the practice of affirmative action in college admissions. MADHAV KOHLI/DFP FILE

Supreme Court to hear Harvard and UNC affirmative action case

Cici Yu February 4, 2022
The Supreme Court agreed last Monday to review challenges to race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: It’s time we redefine leadership, societal expectations for students

Alexia Nizhny March 11, 2021
The entire concept of leadership is arbitrary, varied by culture and thus a cause of needless stress. Which is to say, if there were ever a time for universities to loosen their expectations for students and potential applicants, perhaps a global pandemic would be a great start.

Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, and Paul Weitz on success beyond Admission

Daily Free Press Admin March 20, 2013

  The Millennial generation has learned a lot from Tina Fey. From how to use satire to influence a Presidential election to how to best shotgun a pizza, Tina Fey has been a friend, a sister, and...

Film Prospective: what to watch this semester

Daily Free Press Admin January 16, 2013

Per usual, Hollywood exploded with film excellence this holiday season. Debates abound on the superiority of Argo over Django Unchained and the relevance of Lincoln over Zero Dark Thirty —...

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