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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Holbrook Hall at Mount Ida College in Newton. Mount Ida and several other schools across New England have been forced to close down recently due to financial struggles. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

New bill would increase oversight on struggling colleges

Shaun Robinson March 6, 2019
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed a bill Monday that would grant the state’s Board of Higher Education greater authority to monitor the financial stability of colleges and universities across the Commonwealth.
Wheelock College prior to the school’s merger with Boston University in June 2018. HANNAH ROGERS/ DFP FILE

State proposes finance monitoring for private colleges

Haley Lerner January 27, 2019
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education received a report with recommendations from a working group to monitor the financial health of private colleges in the state Tuesday.
Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has died Thursday at age 71 due to advanced cancer. He was also the co-director of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Thomas Menino, former Boston mayor, has died at age 71

Kyle Plantz October 30, 2014

Former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and co-director of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University died Thursday. He was 71 and diagnosed with an advanced cancer shortly after leaving office in January. Menino’s...

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