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UMass Boston is the only public university in Boston with an enrollment of 13,000 students. Located on Boston Harbor, the university offers 73 undergraduate degree programs, 44 master's degree programs, 11 doctoral programs and 14 certificate programs through its five colleges and Division of Corporate, Continuing and Distance Education. As a key institution in Boston that sponsors 25 Research Centers and Institutes, UMass Boston contributes substantially to public policy discussion and formulation in such areas as economic development, environmental affairs and health care. UMass Boston is integral to the City and its neighborhoods, reaching out through partnerships with the Boston Public Schools, local business and community programs.

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  • State of the States

    Mon, Oct 27, 2003
    Women have had limited success as political candidates in New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine have never elected a woman governor; and Vermont and New Hampshire have never sent a woman to the US Congress. At the first New England Women's Political Summit, panelists discuss the the state of women's participation in politics in all of the US States.
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    UMass Boston

  • Dialogue with Kerry Healey

    Mon, Oct 27, 2003
    Women have had limited success as political candidates in New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine have never elected a woman governor; and Vermont and New Hampshire have never sent a woman to the US Congress. Kerry Healey, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, introduced by Jo Ann Gora, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, discusses her personal experiences in politics.
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    UMass Boston

  • Alternative Job Brokering: Overcoming Barriers to Work

    Tue, Oct 28, 2003
    The Center for Social Policy marks the release of a report of the National Study of Alternative Staffing Services, entitled Alternative Job Brokering: Addressing Labor Market Disadvantages, Improving the Temp Experience, and Enhancing Job Opportunities. This two-year study, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, analyzes an emerging sector of non-profits and community based organizations that use the temporary staffing business model to place workers with disadvantages into quality jobs. Panelists discuss the study which cites that many agencies are able to successfully place workers in temporary jobs and help them to secure permanent positions. By using a social enterprise model, these agencies also generate revenues to offset the costs of placing workers and supervising them. Alternative staffing services may even have a competitive edge over conventional staffing services, since the extra support they provide clients on assignment and their follow-up with the businesses is viewed as exceptional customer service.
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    UMass Boston