President Aoun

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Articles in which President Aoun was quoted or mentioned

The Role of Higher Education to Create a Successful Workforce of the Future with Joseph E. Aoun

International Business Today

October 17, 2023

Here are 3 ways higher education can prepare for the generative AI revolution

World Economic Forum

May 2, 2023

AI and Higher Ed: the Leadership Perspective

The Chronicle of Higher Education

April 28, 2023

Taking stock of what worked and what didn’t when reopening Northeastern during COVID-19

The Boston Globe

January 28, 2021

Northeastern receives $100 million for Maine campus

Boston Globe

October 16, 2020

How Will the Pandemic Change Higher Education?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

April 12, 2020

Integrating the Applied and Practical Arts

Inside Higher Ed

August 28, 2019

Robots, AI to eliminate half of all jobs, university president warns

The College Fix

July 11, 2019

Teachers should enrich life, not worship the machine

Financial Times

June 24, 2019

For Some Coders, Reskilling Involves a Mic and a Stage

The Wall Street Journal

May 28, 2019

How To Make Yourself Robot-Proof

Forbes

May 17, 2019

How Workers Can Become “Robot-Proof”

Business in Vancouver

May 16, 2019

‘Oh, My God, Where Is This Going?’ When Computer-Science Majors Take Improv

The Wall Street Journal

May 16, 2019

How colleges can help their students out-compete robots

The Hechinger Report

April 25, 2019

Humanics: A way to ‘robot-proof’ your career?

BBC

January 29, 2019

Robot-proof? Universities ‘finally waking up’ to the rise of AI

Times Higher Education

October 22, 2018

With Changing Students and Times, Colleges Are Going Back to School

New York Times

April 5, 2018

Wall Street Journal Q&A: How to Prepare College Graduates for an AI World

The Wall Street Journal

March 23, 2018

Millions of jobs will soon be done by robots. And they don’t pay taxes

The Boston Globe

January 26, 2018

Watch: President Aoun speaks about Robot-Proof at the University of Oxford

Oxford Martin School

January 26, 2018

In the age of machines, what will become of the liberal arts?

Financial Times

January 26, 2018

How to Be Robot-Proof

MIT Technology Review

December 19, 2017

How Tech Companies Could Keep the Workforce Alive

The Atlantic

December 12, 2017

Millions of jobs will soon be done by robots. And they don’t pay taxes

The Boston Globe

November 30, 2017

How Real-World Learning Could Help People Compete With Machines

The Chronicle of Higher Education

November 21, 2017

We Need to Retool Higher Ed to Defeat Robots

The Daily Beast

November 20, 2017

Review: Are colleges preparing students for the automated future of work?

The Washington Post

November 20, 2017

LISTEN: How Colleges Can Prepare Students For A Robotic World

WBUR

November 14, 2017

A New Liberal Art – How systems thinking prepares students for a complex world

The Chronicle of Higher Education

November 10, 2017

President Aoun discusses Robot-Proof on C-SPAN

C-SPAN

September 29, 2017

President Aoun, HubWeek panel discuss the workforce of the future

News@Northeastern

September 29, 2017

7 visionary college presidents, according to Carnegie Corporation

Education Advisory Board

September 18, 2017

Robot-Proof: Northeastern president discusses his new book on how higher education can train students for careers where technology cannot make them redundant.

Inside Higher Ed

September 12, 2017

Northeastern president pledges $500,000 to expand global opportunities for students

The Boston Globe

September 12, 2017

ISEC building is an emblem of new era at Northeastern

The Boston Globe

August 23, 2017

Major League Baseball’s Educational Safety Net

The Atlantic

July 13, 2017

Northeastern University gets a big league endorsement

The Boston Globe

June 20, 2017

President Aoun signs pledge to support Paris Climate Accord

News@Northeastern

June 2, 2017

Northeastern, community leaders unveil Lower Roxbury Black History Project

News@Northeastern

April 19, 2017

Northeastern teams with U.S. Congressmen on partnerships in Cuba

News@Norteastern

March 1, 2017

President Aoun visits co-op students in Cuba

News@Northeastern

February 28, 2017

Northeastern University to host Clinton Global Initiative University

News@Northeastern

February 2, 2017

President Aoun joins effort to project some students from possible deportation.

News@Northeastern

November 22, 2016

Higher education for the AI age: Let’s think about it before the machines do it for us

Washington Post

October 27, 2016

Doubling Down on Innovation for Success

The Chronicle of Higher Education

October 10, 2016

Zika Moves Quickly, and Scientists Fear That Journals Aren’t Keeping Pace

The Chronicle of Higher Education

August 10, 2016

Northeastern, Biogen slam North Carolina’s new anti-LGBT law

Boston.com

March 28, 2016

Kerry to give Northeastern commencement address

The Boston Globe

February 23, 2016

Northeastern president gets funky with Nobel recipient

The Boston Globe

February 17, 2016

Overseas Students Pour Into Some American Campuses, but Other Colleges Haven’t Kept Up With the Growth

The Chronicle of Higher Education

November 16, 2015

Northeastern launches first-​​of-​​its-​​kind veterans center focused on career preparation

The Boston Globe

November 11, 2015

Northeastern plans satellite campus in Toronto

The Boston Globe

November 2, 2015

Northeastern U. gives 25 percent tuition break to parents

Associated Press

October 17, 2015

Northeastern president is a gadabout with a purpose

The Boston Globe

September 14, 2015

With more than 200,000 unfilled jobs, colleges push cybersecurity

PBS NewsHour

July 23, 2015

Scientists Discover Potent Antibiotic, A Potential Weapon Against a Range of Diseases

The Wall Street Journal

July 21, 2015

U.S. Scientists See Long Fight Against Ebola

New York Times

July 21, 2015

Airport Security Advances Clash With Privacy Issues

New York Times

July 21, 2015

How to deliver the goods in global business

News@Northeastern

July 21, 2015

Broad-​​based knowledge, experience among key outcomes, higher ed experts agree

News@Northeastern

July 21, 2015

President Aoun cautions about federal rating system, proposes innovative metrics to measure outcomes

News@Northeastern

July 21, 2015

Students reflect on once-​​in-​​a-​​lifetime global experience

News@Northeastern

June 3, 2015

Should higher education aim to secure students a paycheck, fulfillment … or both?

Washington Post

May 4, 2015

Northeastern U. Will Open Education ‘Hub’ in Silicon Valley Company

The Chronicle of Higher Education

March 30, 2015

Northeastern U. at Silicon Valley

Inside Higher Ed

March 30, 2015

Northeastern opening Silicon Valley outpost

The Boston Globe

March 30, 2015

Northeastern’s Silicon Valley campus

Marketplace

March 30, 2015

Northeastern University Is Heading West — to Silicon Valley

Bloomberg Business

March 30, 2015

Behind One Research University’s Rise: Opportunism, Geography, and Good Fortune

The Chronicle of Higher Education

March 9, 2015

For Boston-area colleges, Olympics would provide a chance to shine

The Boston Globe

January 10, 2015

Generation Z and the future of higher education

News@Northeastern

November 19, 2014

Northeastern U. talks up professional connections, not its U.S. News ranking

The Washington Post

September 15, 2014

Northeastern convenes thought leaders to explore new national survey results

News@Northeastern

August 30, 2014

New experiential master’s program aligns talent with high-​​demand industries

News@Northeastern

April 14, 2014

Rating (and Berating) the Ratings

The Chronicle of Higher Education

February 7, 2014

At White House, college chiefs pledge more equitable access

The Boston Globe

January 17, 2014

Science, engineering center is latest Northeastern project

The Boston Globe

December 5, 2013

Commending Northeastern University for its Second Annual Higher Education Innovation Public Survey

Congressional Record

October 11, 2013

NU president urges military to resume tuition aid

The Boston Globe

October 7, 2013

President Aoun joins National Presidential Innovation Lab

News@Northeastern

July 8, 2013

The rise of the ‘non-traditional’ student

University Affairs

July 5, 2013

President Aoun urges innovation as global demand for higher education grows

News@Northeastern

July 3, 2013

Will MOOCs Dilute Brands of Exclusive Colleges?

The Financialist

January 8, 2013

For Whom Is College Being Reinvented?

Chronicle of Higher Ed

December 17, 2012

Millennials Support Online Education, Concerned About College Costs: Poll

Huffington Post

November 29, 2012

Northeastern University survey finds only 4 in 10 Americans feel college is a good value

The Boston Globe

November 27, 2012

This Day in Photos, Nov. 12

Politico

November 12, 2012

Northeastern president makes wise use of YouTube

The Boston Globe

November 11, 2012

Northeastern president Joseph Aoun has own YouTube web series

Boston.com

November 6, 2012

In Seattle, Virtual University Will Have a Physical Campus, Too

NY Times

October 29, 2012

Northeastern University’s Fight or Flight Decision

Forbes

September 26, 2012

Co-op program helps students gain real-world experience

USA Today

April 8, 2012

AUDIO: Private Colleges Branch Out to Other States

NPR

April 4, 2012

Boston-Area Colleges Branch Out Across The Country

WBUR

March 9, 2012

Northeastern president named to Homeland Security council

The Boston Globe

March 4, 2012

In Nahant, NU eyes federal funds for climate research

The Boston Globe

March 3, 2012

Secretary Napolitano Announces Academic Advisory Council

Homeland Security

March 1, 2012

Push to rein in tuition rolling out

Boston.com

February 13, 2012

The High Cost Of Higher Education

WBUR

February 8, 2012

Duncan, Kerry call for action on tuition

The Boston Globe

February 7, 2012

Joining Trend, College Grows Beyond Name

New York Times

December 27, 2011

Northeastern opens first regional campus in N.C.

News@Northeastern

November 1, 2011

Northeastern U. Opens the First in a Planned Series of Graduate Campuses Across the U.S.

Chronicle of Higher Ed

November 1, 2011

Northeastern putting down stakes across the country

The Boston Globe

October 31, 2011

President Aoun and Entrepreneur Peter Thiel Debate the Value of College

WBUR

June 30, 2011

With Perkins Loan Program Set to Expire in 3 Years, College Presidents Work to Preserve It

The Boston Globe

June 15, 2011

Learning Today: the Lasting Value of Place

Chronicle of Higher Ed

May 8, 2011

Inaugural Academic Honors Convocation rewards excellence

News@Northeastern

April 22, 2011

Back to the Mission

The Boston Globe

January 29, 2011

Applications to Northeastern surge

The Boston Globe

January 24, 2011

Northeastern, Once Local, Goes Global

Chronicle of Higher Education

January 16, 2011

More business schools embracing do-gooders

msnbc

December 28, 2010

Game Changer, The Presidency

American Council of Education, The Presidency

October 13, 2010

Yes, there’s life after football

The Boston Globe

October 3, 2010

University gets $12m gift for research

Boston.com

September 10, 2010

College Football: ‘Bowled Over’ On Point with Tom Ashbrook

WBUR

November 30, 2009

‘Re-imagining Higher Ed,’ On Point with Tom Ashbrook

WBUR

July 21, 2009

Fast-rising NU reexamines its identity

The Boston Globe

April 6, 2009

Sharing Ideas: Tough Times Encourage Colleges to Collaborate

Chronicle of Higher Ed

February 10, 2009

Even in Dark Times, Some Institutions Are Still Hiring

The Chronicle of Higher Education

January 30, 2009

Despite crunch, some colleges go on hiring spree

Boston.com

January 29, 2009

Finding Opportunities in the Recession

Chronicle of Higher Ed

January 29, 2009

Freshmen will get an intense new program

The Boston Globe

November 18, 2008

Our Changing World (PDF)

Newsweek

January 1, 2008