It’s unorthodox, but I’m doling out grades at the start of the semester, rather than the end.
■ Creativity: B+.
■ Collaboration: D-.
Over the past few years, schools in Boston have been pretty creative when it comes to adding entrepreneurial offerings. Colleges offer student-run clubs, “office hours” with well-known founders and investors, makerspaces for building a first prototype, and hackathons where students form teams and work together to develop a concept that might eventually grow into a company.
Image: PillPack cofounders TJ Parker (left) and Elliot Cohen. The Somerville company is an example of cross-campus activities fueling innovation. (PAT GREENHOUSE/GLOBE STAFF/FILE 2015)
