Category: Learning
Ascending the Ranks of Times Higher Ed
BU advanced 7 spots, to number 54, in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The London-based magazine and data analyst compared more than 1,500 universities in 93 nations. THE lauded the University’s prodigious faculty scholarship, small student-to-teacher ratio, access to varied cultural events, research productivity, robust study abroad program, and diverse international student population.
BU Campuses to Reopen with In-Person Classes in Fall
The residential experience of Boston University will resume this fall, President Robert A. Brown announced in letters to new and returning students. But, he wrote, it will be a “very different campus,” than what students, faculty, and staff are accustomed to—with COVID-19 testing and tracing, a blend of in-person and remote teaching and learning, redesigned experiences inside campus residences, dining halls, classrooms, and labs, and daily activities where masks and social distancing are expected.
BU Excels in Latest Grad Rankings from U.S. News & World Report
Several BU schools and programs advanced in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the country’s best graduate schools. The School of Law jumped 3 spots to number 20 among 198 law schools. Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation's Occupational Therapy program retained its first-place ranking. Sargent’s Speech-Language Pathology program jumped 2 spaces, to number 10. Questrom School of Business full-time MBA program rose 2 spaces to 48th, among 477 business schools ranked.
President Brown Outlines BU’s Path Forward
A system for rapid testing and contact tracing. Technology for remote and in-person teaching and learning. New and better hygiene and public health practices on campus. Keeping our campus community together while we’re apart. Our whole effort, President Brown says, is focused on restoring the residential campus for teaching and research. “We will bring back the residential environment of BU and it will be as strong as ever.”
BU Leaps 13 Spots in Times Higher Education World University Rankings
London-based THE, a magazine and data analyst of higher education, assessed almost 1,400 institutions around the world. the University earned distinction on the global stage, advancing 13 spots to 61.
BU Advances in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
BU is on the move, up two spots to number 40 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of National Universities. BU also climbed a notch in the magazine’s ranking of Most Innovative Schools.
BU Boosts Financial Aid to 100 Percent of Calculated Need
In a continuing effort to make a BU education affordable and create a more socioeconomically diverse campus, the University is expanding its financial aid program to meet the full need for all domestic students who qualify for financial aid, starting with the freshman class entering in fall 2020.
Questrom to Launch Online MBA via edX
The University is investing in the capability to deliver high-quality, large-enrollment online graduate programs, which could be key in the near future, says Jean Morrison, BU provost and chief academic officer. Created in 2012, the edX platform has more than 21 million registered users, representing every country in the world, who have enrolled in more than 75 million courses. The online MBA was designed from the ground up for the global online learner.
BU Boosts Effort to Recruit Low-Income Students
BU joins American Talent Initiative (ATI), an alliance of colleges and universities with a shared commitment to improve opportunities for accomplished students from low- and moderate-income households. ATI hopes to expand its membership to all US colleges and universities with six-year graduation rates consistently above 70 percent.
Trustee Richard Cohen’s Challenge Bolsters Need-Based Financial Aid
Cohen (CGS’67, Questrom’69) pledges to match, dollar for dollar, new or increased gifts for need-based undergraduate financial aid—doubling their impact—up to a total of $1 million. Donors who take the Cohen Challenge help the University in its ongoing quest to make undergraduate education affordable for all students.
