Boston University was one of 16 universities listed in the Princeton Review’s inaugural “2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll,” leaving students appreciative yet critical.
In an open letter released Monday, the Council urged members of the New England House and Senate delegations to draft legislation that would increase the maximum award available to give to recipients displaying extreme financial need.
As a consequence of being more open and understanding of students’ workloads — and perhaps in the future, being able to pay them — school newspapers can outgrow the journalism industry by being more inclusive and equitable.
Rather than attaching a label to young children, we could invest in a schoolwide enrichment model that is available to all students, allowing for more equitable and healthy academic growth.
BU’s marketing — and the handful of diversity victories — it clings to is not representative of its reality. Though it may be implementing anti-racist policies, the change is not visible in classrooms, on campus or at an administrative level.
Massachusetts public officials discussed possible solutions to the student loan crisis, including free public college and forgiving loans, during a panel Wednesday evening. The panelists said graduating in debt was an unavoidable reality.
This type of promotional material is meant to portray BU as a welcoming space for people of color. Yet, the university is taking little action to actually do so. For instance, BU’s faculty is incredibly white. It is difficult for minorities to become comfortable with faculty when the university doesn’t hire people who sympathize with students’ experiences. There is Dean Kenneth Elmore, but in classrooms, most professors are white.
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