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Why do institutions invest in peer writing support for students but not staff? Writing professor Anne Brubaker makes the case for a more formalized approach to faculty writing support.

Economist Phillip Levine talks to GBH about how colleges and universities are working to communicate affordability. The College Board has just acquired his college cost estimator, MyinTuition.

Alums returned to campus to celebrate "Wellesley’s radical founding ideals and its legacy of impact.”

When a college is in deficit, its leaders may try to liquidate land and other assets. But selling land is “the equivalent of raiding your endowment,” economist Phillip Levine told the Boston Globe.

The story of Boston’s valedictorians is one of defying the odds. They will attend schools including Harvard, Stanford, Northeastern, Wellesley, and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio CE/DS ’11 has no shortage of political enemies. But it doesn’t seem like that will stop her from cruising to reelection.

The Boston Globe says the conservative town of Wellesley is more progressive now in part due to Wellesley College students. At a recent rally, the town demanded ICE return a deported Babson student.

With federal money gone, Wellesley alums in public media discuss the industry’s past and how it’s charting a path forward.

Generations of alumnae have been leaders in the study of monkeys and apes, revealing surprising truths about primate society, parenthood, and decision-making.