DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety will hold a hearing on Connecting Workers and… Read more »
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Pandemic-Caused Shift to Remote Learning Has Led to Novel Civil Rights Issues
When the pandemic shut down the country in March 2020, many college and university administrators predicted that civil rights complaints would plummet. With students learning from home and out of… Read more »
Mental Health on College Campuses During a Pandemic
Thanks to everyone who joined NEBHE and WICHE‘s Mental Health on College Campuses During a Pandemic? webinar on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Learn from experts AND students about needed support… Read more »
Trauma, the COVID-19 Pandemic and Immigration
How these forces intersect at a community hospital focused on the underserved … A year into the global pandemic, we are grappling with the scale of its impact and the… Read more »
NEBHE Reports on Results of Pandemic-Shaped Elections
The New England states set new records for voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election. A significant percentage of absentee, mail-in ballots were cast in each state, ranging from 20%… Read more »
A Year after Prepping for a Hypothetical Recession, Higher Ed Leaders Confront a Real Pandemic and Enrollment Pressures
In October 2019, NEBHE called together a group of economists and higher education leaders for a meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to discuss the future of higher… Read more »
House Passes Pandemic Recovery Bill; CDC Issues New Guidance for Higher Ed
DC Shuttle … House Passes $2.2 Trillion Recovery Legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives passed pandemic recovery support legislation (H.R. 8406). Though it is unlikely to become law in its… Read more »
Land-Grant Mission Tailor-Made for Boosting Post-Pandemic Recovery
Gracing the back wall of my office at the University of Vermont is an antique wooden desk that’s more than 150 years old. While it’s an undeniably handsome piece of… Read more »
Building the Brand: How the Physical Campus Shapes Student Experience (Even During a Pandemic)
The brand of a college or university is more than its logo or tagline. It’s an accumulation of experiences for students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members. Marketing is part… Read more »
Pandemic Innovation
A view from Mount Holyoke on why practical, flexible new models are needed for liberal arts colleges … Students choose small liberal arts colleges for the learning that unfolds when… Read more »