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RISD joins a growing group of test-optional schools. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An art and design college in Rhode Island says it will...
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2 Boston students asked Marian...
“I wanted her to tell me how can she change it.” Two students from a Boston school stood side by side in a crowded auditorium in...
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BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are pushing legislation aimed at improving the safety of drinking water in schools in part by...
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Grammy-award winning jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding paid a visit to a group of music students at a Dorchester school...
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A residence director had emailed a student asking that the sign condemning Nazis be taken down. A request from a UMass Amherst...
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The Cranston district has written off nearly $100,000 in unpaid lunch bills since September 2016. CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College alumni have heard the allegations of misconduct in one department where professors are accused...
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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts says flyers from a white nationalist hate group have again appeared on its...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai is being honored by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’...
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BOSTON — Harvard casts a large shadow over the U.S. District Court in Boston, and not just because the college’s admissions system is...
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BOSTON (AP) — For 35 years, Ruth D’Eredita tried to dismiss her former professor’s behavior — the way he touched her, groped her and...
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BOSTON (AP) — Defending itself in a lawsuit alleging bias against Asian-Americans, Harvard University is fighting a push to make...
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Thomas F. Birmingham and William F. Weld – Its 25th anniversary is an appropriate time to reflect on the success of...
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Smith College in Massachusetts says its first woman president, writer and scholar Jill Ker Conway, has died...
read moreMass. ponders hiring a compute...
Each year, students taking the state’s MCAS exams generate more than 6 million essays and other written responses, requiring a small...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump presented the National Teacher of the Year award on Wednesday to a Washington state educator...
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The plaintiffs are arguing for the release of tens of thousands of admissions documents in the case. A group that is suing Harvard...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It sounded like a scam at first. Three weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Brown University was...
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BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island high school is cracking down on tardiness by locking its doors promptly at the start of the...
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Many Boston campuses reflect new levels of diversity, with more international students than ever before. But at Boston’s elite...
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