Kirk CarapezzaKC

Kirk Carapezza

ReporterWGBH News
Kirk is a reporter for the NPR member station in Boston, WGBH, where he covers higher education. Kirk has reported for Wisconsin Public Radio in Madison, Wis., and Vermont Public Radio in Montpelier, Vt. He's been a writer and producer at WBUR in Boston; a teacher and coach at Nativity Preparatory School in New Bedford, Mass.; a Fenway Park tour guide; and a tourist abroad. When he's not reporting or editing stories on campus, you can find him posting K's on the Wall at Fenway.
The entrance of Boston College with a prominent sign and students walking nearby.
The World's Global Classroom
Boston College sets up school for first-generation immigrants
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Boston College sets up school targeting first-generation immigrants
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The Trump administration restricts student visas. It’s not working at elite schools.
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International students turning away from the US
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Trump administration’s policies are driving away international students
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Trump administration’s policies are driving away international students
3:36
The World's Global Classroom
US schools are creating contingency plans for international students
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US schools creating contingency plans for international students
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s attempt to bar foreign students from Harvard
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The World's Global Classroom
Universities stand to lose big bucks as international students quit the US
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Universities stand to lose big bucks as international students quit the US
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The World's Global Classroom
Can Massachusetts learn from Tennessee on how to navigate free college programs?
The World's Global Classroom
College leaders and international students brace for Trump administration
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College leaders and foreign students bracing for Trump administration
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Students on both sides of the Hamas-Israel war say they don’t feel safe on campus
Fears of authoritarianism creeping onto American college campuses
US universities condemned for weighing in (as well as not weighing in) on the Israel-Gaza conflict, reigniting free speech debate
The FBI wants MIT to help weed out foreign spies
US workforce impacted by lower immigration
Ukrainians finishing college with help from US
Russian Americans help Ukrainians academics get to safety
Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to college. Now, how are you going to pay for it? How other countries around the world fund higher ed.
Businesses say not enough college grads or skilled immigrants
a student stands with her arms crossed in front of a domed building on MIT's campus
The World's Global Classroom
On campus, Jewish and Muslim students fear for their safety
A gate opened from a tall brick archway on a college campus
The World's Global Classroom
Professors fear creeping authoritarianism in academia amid Harvard fallout
Students walk through a gate at Harvard University, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass.
The World's Global Classroom
Colleges struggle to balance free speech, international politics and public safety amid Israel-Hamas conflict
People demonstrate in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, June 30, 2023.
The price of higher ed
Student loans can be ‘simple’ and ‘automatic.’ Other countries offer lessons to the US.
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On Course
Analysts: In the face of a high-skilled labor shortage, the US needs to rely more on immigrants
destroyed room with books
On Course
US educators step up to help displaced Ukrainians continue their studies
Prem Pariyar stands in front of Alexander Meiklejohn Hall on the campus of California State University, East Bay.
On Course
‘Hidden discrimination’: California university joins national trend to protect against caste bias on campus
Alina Yurkiv sits with Dmitry Korkin at his home in Westborough, Massachusetts, on March 16, 2022. Korkin, a computer science professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is using his connections so that whenever Yurkiv's husband, an economist in Ukraine
On Course
Echoing WWII rescue efforts, ethnic Russian researchers in the US support Ukrainian scholars
A young woman on a laptop screen
Education
Colleges brace for steep drop in international enrollment this fall
Man walks as cameras follow him.
Global Nation Education
US researchers on edge as foreign funding comes under increased scrutiny
Employment authorization forms
Global Nation Education
International students hoping for work training visas face long delays, denials
A young woman standing on campus.
Global Nation Education
A public college in California makes strides in recruiting, graduating Latino students
Students walking on the UCLA campus.
Global Nation Education
As decision nears in Harvard affirmative action case, another legal fight brews in California
Williams College
Global Nation Education
Colleges and universities are pushing to expand Asian American studies
Two college students smile at the camera.
Economics
On a Texas college campus, conservative Latinos explain their opposition to DACA
Willis Wang
Global Politics
How Trump’s rhetoric could cost colleges billions in lost tuition revenue
Delhi-based Amity University wants to move to the US, and it wanted to use this campus.
Education
With Indian higher-ed crowded, one university tries to move to the US
YuKong Zhao
Education
Asian American groups claim top Ivy League schools practice racial discrimination
University of Michigan
Education
Domino’s Pizza CEO delivers dose of advocacy for struggling public research universities
Watertown shootout 2
Education
Colleges hoping to launch terrorism studies programs struggle to find qualified professors
High school senior Mirabelle Espady and her mentor Marsha Kessler sit around the kitchen counter at Kessler’s home, reviewing Mirabelle’s college application.
Education
How one affluent town helps its neediest students get into (and stay in) college
Bunker Hill college
Education
At community colleges, hunger is a growing problem
community college
Education
Community colleges are affordable, practical and increasingly popular
Financial Aid 2
Education
Time is running out on a federal loan program for poor college students
Georgetown guy
Education
At Georgetown University, Pope Francis was the big man on campus
bunker hill community college
Education
Only two states offer free community college. Lawmakers in Massachusetts want to make it the third.
pay-to-play
Education
When you can’t play ball for your school because you’re poor
Lecture Hall
Education
Should tenured profs be allowed to teach as long as they want?
Cybersecurity
Education
Cyber Ed: How higher education is re-evaluating a growing threat
college programs
Education
Wet Hot Ivy League Summer: Are elite college summer programs worth the price?
University of Missouri
Education
Big spending on campus: are pricey amenities driving up costs?
Employee Tuition Reimbursement
Education
Can employee tuition benefits boost graduation rates? Companies are betting workers will make the grade.
College grads
Education
For Sanders, Warren, it’s time for ‘debt-free college’
People lined up outside of an ATM in Greece.
Education
As leaders debate, these students in Greece can go to college for free
Sally Teixeira studied to be a medical administrative assistant, but she now works at a deli in Cambridge, Mass.
Education
Did college mislead students? They wait, hoping for debt relief.
What students in Dartmouth's Baker Library might not know is their smart phones have the capabilities to predict their GPA.
Education
Predicting GPA and student success? Dartmouth researchers say there’s an app for that.
Sociology professor Saida Grundy doesn’t start her new job at BU until July 1, but she already finds herself in the middle of a heated debate.
Education
A professor’s tweets lead to a debate on race and free speech