Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.
Hear directly from former Boston-area students, as well as from Globe journalists from The Great Divide team, about the major reasons youth stumble when they leave for college or a career — and what our schools can do about it.
Our recent stories on the remarkable contrast between Newton South and Brighton high schools and the dearth of adequate college counseling both spoke to that question. And so did our latest on six year college graduation rates broken down by school, which revealed stunning gaps between racial and income groups at even the highest-performing schools.
After the panel, the Great Divide staff members will share more about the Globe's new education team and will solicit audience feedback on the most urgent issues that the team should be exploring.
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The Great Divide is a two-year investigative series that explores educational inequality in Boston and statewide. Journalists on the team are dedicated to investigating, illuminating, and engaging readers on the challenges within our public education system as well as possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students. Our December 10th kickoff event will be the first of several community-based forums held over the next two years.
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Partial funding for this initiative is provided by the Barr Foundation, a Boston-based foundation that has made student success in high school and beyond a top priority. The foundation has no editorial input on Globe coverage.
We are grateful to Barr for their support and for believing in the power of journalism to deepen public knowledge and inspire community-wide discussions on our public schools.
