In a year in which it received a record number of applications for the incoming first-year class, Boston College continued to solidify its status as one of the country’s most selective universities.

“It’s a jobs drought – more of a desert actually,” James Reed CBE, CEO and chairman of recruitment firm Reed Employment, declared in an interview late last week. He has “never seen anything like it” ...

"This is what we do every day," says Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School principal Kari Louhivuori, "prepare kids for life." Stuart Conway It was the end of term at Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School in ...