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The Conversation France ran a translation of music professor Claire Fontijn’s article about composer Antonia Bembo, whose 1707 opera “Ercole Amante” will be staged at the Opéra Bastille in Paris.

Laura Pappano, Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence, writes for Slate about former Oklahoma superintendent of schools Ryan Walters and the chaos he sowed for more than two years.

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.

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.

Music professor Claire Fontijn writes for the Conversation about little-known composer Antonia Bembo, whose 1707 opera “Ercole Amante” will be staged at the Opéra Bastille in Paris this month.