Northeastern University Growing Beyond Its Name

Northeastern University is known for its co-op program in which undergraduates spend great amounts of time in the workplace.
It has opened its first satellite campus this fall in Charlotte, N.C., and is planning a second in Seattle next year. Outposts in Austin, Tex., Minnesota and Silicon Valley are under discussion for the location.

University aims to extend its offers to master’s degrees in industries like cybersecurity, health informatics and project management, matching programs with each city’s industries and labor needs, through a mix of virtual learning and fly-ins from professors based in Boston.

Northeastern is spending $60 million to support the expansion and seems to be the most ambitious of a  institutions looking to broaden their students influence in new markets and with new methods of instruction with the changing world.