
Grant Welker
Projects Reporter at Boston Business Journal
Boston Business Journal. Co-author of We Are Market Basket. UConn Journalism.
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2 days ago |
nbcboston.com | Grant Welker
Harvard has a well-earned reputation as the richest college. Its $53 billion endowment beats rival and second-place Yale in second place by $12 billion. But as Harvard faces off against the Trump administration, including via a lawsuit filed Monday, the university's finances beyond that eye-popping figure is worth closer attention. Here are more details to know about the university's finances. More on this story from Boston Business Journal
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nbcboston.com | Grant Welker
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6 days ago |
nbcboston.com | Grant Welker
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared strong support for Harvard University in its fight against the Trump administration's attempts to exert control over the university's affairs at a Boston Business Journal event on Thursday. "I stand strong with Harvard for what they're doing," said Healey, a Harvard alumna, of the university's refusal to comply with the administration's demands for governance and leadership reforms, and to bring "viewpoint diversity" to admissions and hiring.
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1 week ago |
nbcboston.com | Grant Welker
By Grant Welker Wellesley College is the latest Boston-area university to put a hiring freeze in place when federal funding is uncertain. A group of college leaders announced in a message to the campus community on Friday that it is instituting a hiring pause for faculty and staff for six months, effective immediately. More on this story from Boston Business Journal Copyright Boston Business Journal
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2 weeks ago |
nbcboston.com | Grant Welker
Harvard issued a $750 million bond dated Sunday for what it says was "ongoing contingency planning," an unusual step that shows the financial pressure faced by the nation's wealthiest school amid federal funding changes. Harvard is facing a federal review of nearly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts because of what the Trump administration has said is campus antisemitism and the need for reform of merit-based admissions and hiring practices. More on this story from Boston Business Journal
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