The issue of standardized testing is that universities can make it optional, but they can’t get rid of it or the system perpetuating its flaws. We need a fundamental change so all students receive a solid foundational education that starts as early as elementary school.
BU’s chapter of the professional business and economics fraternity Phi Chi Theta is on “probation,” Senior Associate Dean of Students Jason Campbell-Foster said, after a video circulated online of 15 of its members at an off-campus gathering last month.
In the last few months, students and colleges have undergone extreme change in response to the pandemic and social activism worldwide. But with the promise of on-campus courses this Fall, there are some practices that will persist through time.
Boston University’s Student Activities Office denied the request of BU’s Amnesty International chapter to reinstate itself as an official student group, rejecting its application on Oct. 8 in an...
Experts at the Center for American Progress proposed a new for-credit service-learning program for U.S. colleges and universities in a report released Wednesday. The Credit for Serving report proposes...
Lemuel Herbert Murlin, the third president of Boston University, once referred to BU as “in the heart of the city, in the service of the city.” Despite the passing of time, Murlin’s description,...
There's been a lot of skepticism and criticism over the last few years over the concept of “voluntourism.” This is where people travel to other states, or countries, to do volunteer work for a certain...
During spring break, many Boston University students participated in the Community Service Center’s Alternative Service Break trips, where they dedicated their time to volunteering in locations around...
In the wake of tragedy at the Boston Marathon, Boston University students and alumni are organizing various community service projects, including a 5K race, fundraisers and other services, to help those...
Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences junior Jamie Levin said she established Boston University’s Challah for Hunger chapter to create a network for social action in which students...
