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Rally on: The economic consequences of burnout | Irrational Expectations

Faizaan Ayub April 9, 2025
These feelings of burnout and heightened pressure to keep pushing can translate to the workplace and labor markets. In this sense, burnout can be viewed as a market failure with a negative externality. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: Recognizing the privilege in easy access to mental health services

Bailey Salimes February 24, 2022
Between the lack of access to mental health practitioners from diverse backgrounds and the varied costs of attending single therapy sessions, it is no surprise millions of people in the United States struggle to grab an appointment with a therapist.
East to West: Jan. 29, 2021

East to West: Jan. 29, 2021

Jackson Machesky January 29, 2021

In this episode of East to West, the Daily Free Press covers difficulties in international students’ return to Boston due to delays in receiving paperwork, the cancellation of the BU Shanghai internship...

Gender Justice: The pandemic revealed deep-rooted gender inequality persists

Gender Justice: The pandemic revealed deep-rooted gender inequality persists

Meredith Varner January 29, 2021
The disproportionate number of women currently out of work could potentially worsen the negative bias against professional women and working mothers.
EDITORIAL: The "American Dream" is an antiquated ideal

EDITORIAL: The “American Dream” is an antiquated ideal

Editors December 9, 2016

When walking down America’s streets, no one individual is representative of that city. Stereotypes are still rampant and one could spitball, perhaps, but it is impossible to point to a single individual...

An annual report from the American Association of University Professors stated that faculty salaries nationwide have increased 1.4 percent since 2013. The average salary for Boston University faculty, however, is still lower than the national average, according to information from BU spokesman Colin Riley. GRAPHIC BY KATELYN PILLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Nationwide faculty salaries rising, still recovering following recession

Molly Minniti April 16, 2015

Salaries for full-time university faculty members across the nation rose 1.4 percent in the 2014-15 academic year, according to a Monday report from the American Association of University Professors....

BU community members join thousands in rally for minimum wage raise

BU community members join thousands in rally for minimum wage raise

Miriam Lelah April 15, 2015

[mediagrid cat="20166"] Boston University students held a rally Tuesday afternoon in Kenmore Square in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Approximately 200 BU students, adjunct professors...

According to an annual report released by The Chronicle of Higher Education on Sunday, 36 nonprofit private college presidents made over $1 million in total salary compensation in 2012. GRAPHIC BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU President Brown earns more than $1.1 million in 2012, report finds

Jessica Dorfan December 11, 2014

About 36 nonprofit private college presidents, including Boston University President Robert Brown, earned more than $1 million in 2012, a Sunday report in The Chronicle of Higher Education found. The...

EDIT: The Faceless President Brown

EDIT: The Faceless President Brown

Editors December 11, 2014

Safe in his eighth floor office at 1 Silber Way, Boston University President Robert Brown gazes upon a bustling Commonwealth Avenue campus. Although he rarely steps outside, he runs the University in a...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Tuesday the reconstitution of the City of Boston Compensation Advisory Board to ensure that salaries and expenses of the City will be properly handled. GRAPHIC BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh reconstitutes Compensation Advisory Board

Stephanie Pagones November 19, 2014

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Monday his reconstitution of the Compensation Advisory Board, a five-person committee responsible for monitoring adjustments to the City’s salaries and expenses...

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