HIGHER EDUCATION

This week on The Rundown, our panelists discuss state Senate action on spending in local sheriff's offices, a new Franklin County survey on student needs, how the Trump administration is affecting higher education and the local impact of the No Kings protests.

BU Professor of finance Mark Williams says Massachusetts needs to adopt some longer-term strategies to soften the impact of Trump Administration funding cuts.

On The Rundown, panelists discuss why some schools in western Mass. have lower vaccination rates, the Pittsfield man who is back at home after being unlawfully detained by ICE, and a pilot program to clean up nips.

We talk to the president of Smith College about its new plan to make tuition free for some students, and tour Farmer Clark's in Hampden.

The Western Massachusetts Literacy Collaborative recently received a $190,000 grant from the Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education to train future educators

The list of Massachusetts colleges and universities offering free tuition — to qualifying students — is growing. Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley announced this month it would do this for any U.S. family with an income of up to $150,000.

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss rent control as western Mass. towns see tenant rights advocacy, how school districts are addressing infrastructure needs, inconsistent leadership in higher education and continued delays from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC).

Harvard physics lecturer Greg Kestin built a custom tutoring app called TeachGPT, and it's proven to help his students.

After walking off the job this week, facilities workers at Mount Holyoke college hope for renewed contract talks.

The new federal travel ban implemented by the Trump administration on certain countries as of June 9, 2025 comes with "a high degree of uncertainty" around actions and enforcement, UMass Amherst officials told the the international school community.