A senior lecturer at Wheelock College of Education and Development, Raul Fernandez teaches classes about improving diversity programs in education. But his work at BU and the future of DEI programs across the country is uncertain.
BU Chief Financial Officer Nicole Tirella said though the University was not in a “structural deficit” like other universities, BU’s finances were currently on an “unsustainable path.”
“We are on a concerning trajectory where our margins are declining,” Tirella said.
The Trump administration revoked the visas of several international students at universities across Massachusetts this week, including Boston University, Tufts University, Harvard University, Emerson College, Berklee College of Music, Northeastern University and multiple campuses of the University of Massachusetts.
Legal and academic associations representing university professors sued the Trump administration March 25 for detaining students who have engaged in pro-Palestinian protests or sentiment.
With the recent executive crackdown on universities for pro-Palestine activism, the incident with Phillips’ signage sparked dialogue among BU faculty and students over administrative responses to free speech on campus.
By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
Boston University Associate Professor of Philosophy Daniel Star announced the creation of an American Association of University Professors chapter on campus in a tweet Saturday.
Administrative censorship of student newspapers is on the rise, according to a report released Dec. 1 by the American Association of University Professors. Journalism professors and student journalists...
The American Association of University Professors is concerned about the effect Donald Trump’s presidency will have on academia, according to an open letter the association released Wednesday.
“Certainly,...
Title IX enforcement and interpretation on college campuses can result in a lack of faculty members’ academic freedom essential to teaching and research, according to a report released Thursday by...
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....
