After nearly 50 years of providing rigorous academic and musical education to Tufts students, the Tufts/New England Conservatory five-year dual degree program is coming to an end. The decision to end the program was made in summer 2023, and its termination was announced by email to students in the program and Department of Music faculty and staff on Oct. 25, 2023. NEC faculty were notified of the decision on Oct. 24. Students currently enrolled in or accepted into the program will be allowed to complete it, but no new students will be accepted into the program, and it will end when the last student graduates. There are currently 14 students in the program.
Caution greets city report on police
Proposals gain some support; critics seek more de-escalation
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
Several residents, including some protesters, are cautiously accepting a report presented this week containing recommendations to strengthen the community s trust in local police.
But they question whether police need to focus more on de-escalation, transparency and atonement.
After Black Lives Matter protests rocked downtown Fort Wayne in May, Mayor Tom Henry was called on by protesters to address the divide between police and the people. Henry s answer was to create a commission to address public safety and racial justice.
The report issued Monday from the Mayor s Commission on Police Reform and Racial Justice appears to be well received by a number of people asked, though some of them did not want to comment publicly. Others said they need time to go through the report.