Category: Learning
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.
BU to Build New Data Sciences Center
Aiming to become a leader in a booming field, BU plans to build an iconic new 17-floor tower that will bring math, statistics, computer science, and the multidisciplinary Hariri Institute under one roof. BU’s evolving computational science curriculum, renowned faculty and staff, and proposed Charles River Campus building at the corner of Comm Ave and Granby Street (where a parking lot now sits) will assure BU’s place in the vanguard of the field.
BU Hub Starts in Fall 2018
Boston University’s incoming freshman class in 2018 will be the first class to register for the new BU Hub. This new University-wide general education program “ensures that all undergraduates, no matter their major, develop intellectual capacities that will teach them to thrive throughout their lives,” says Hub managing director Amanda Urias.
Noted Scholar of Inequality to Lead School of Law
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, renowned legal scholar and expert in racial and gender inequality as well as civil rights law, is named LAW dean. Drawn by BU’s history of access and diversity, Dean Onwuachi-Willig is expected to increase the school’s current focus on interdisciplinary scholarship, social justice, and public service.
BU Doubles Number of Posse Scholars
The University marks its 10th year of partnership with the Posse Foundation, which sends groups of students to college together, tuition-free for four years, with the idea that a supportive unit is key to future success. With the addition of a California cohort to the University’s long-time relationship with the Atlanta Posse program, BU doubles the number of scholarship recipients from the foundation.
