Editorial Articles

Bring Students to Master Plan Table

By Heights Editorial Board
Town-gown relations are often among the foremost problems facing universities, especially as they seek to expand. Boston College is no exception. After another Allston-Brighton task force meeting Tuesday night, one can't help but wonder when, if ever, the neighbors and the school will be able to reach some sort of consensus about BC's new expansion plan.

Study-Abroad probe hits BC, misses Harvard

By Heights Editorial Board
New England universities Harvard College, Brandeis University, and Brown University joined a list of 12 other schools now under subpoena in New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation into questionable study-abroad practices. According to Cuomo, a probe into a number of study-abroad providers has revealed questions about the way students are billed for study-abroad programs and about the propriety of the relationships between these organizations and the colleges they serve.