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H igh-achieving, low-income students, often the first in their families to attend college, struggle to feel they belong on elite campuses. DINA RUDICK FOR THE GLOBE STAFF By Brooke Lea Foster | GLOBE STAFF April 9th, 2015 The son of an MBTA bus driver...

“Don’t have such a narrow vision that when doors open that look sideways and at awkward angles that you don’t have the courage to step through them, because that is where you truly get the opportunities to make a difference,” said U.S. Sen. Elizabeth...

WHEN I became president of Harvard I had the privilege of getting to know Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. We would meet for breakfast at Parkman House on Beacon Hill or at Elmwood here in Cambridge, and he would offer guidance drawn from his many years spent...

For the first time ever, students interested in pursuing public service after graduation had the same opportunity those applying to elite private sector jobs have long enjoyed—interviews on campus. Ninety-nine seniors, selected from a pool of 150...