Newton Revises Career and Technical Education Policy To Expand Equity and Access for Students

Sophie Bai and Patrick Lundregan • October 24, 2025

Newton Public Schools (NPS) officials presented a major update to the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) policy at Monday night’s Newton School Committee meeting. 

Stacy Grooters Elected POD President, Discusses Vision Moving Forward

Aditya Rao • March 7, 2022

The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) elected Stacy Grooters, the executive director of Boston College’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), as its new president.

Recognizing the Dangers of Football

Rachel Loos • November 12, 2017

"You can’t care about football without caring about the lives and futures of the football players," writes Loos.

BC Talks 2017: Activism, Current Affairs, and the Brain

Archer Parquette and Timmy Facciola • November 5, 2017

In its seventh year, BCTalks will feature speakers tackling subjects including race, politics, neuroscience, and human trafficking.

Why Boston College Should Rethink Football

Matt Sienkiewicz • September 28, 2017

"It is a dark, unacceptable irony that an institution devoted to developing intellectual capacity would allow, let alone celebrate, the systematic destruction of student brain-function."

Omalu Tells the Truth About NFL, Concussions

Joshua Holtz • February 25, 2017

Football helmets do nothing to protect your kid's brain, Omalu said.

Like Shady Industries Before It, the NFL is in Big Trouble

Riley Overend • April 3, 2016

The league borrowed tactics from Big Tobacco and Big Oil in a war on science that downplayed concussions. Where is the appropriate public outrage?

Ivy League Football Vote to Ban Tackling is the Right Move

Annabel Steele • March 3, 2016

Ivy League football made history for all the right reasons when its eight coaches voted to ban full-contact practices earlier this week.

Center For Teaching Excellence To Offer Educational Practices Reform For BC Faculty

Julie Orenstein • September 18, 2014

One half of the second floor of O’Neill Library has gained a new occupant this semester, as the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) has taken over the space that once housed the Campus Technology Resource Center (CTRC).