BOSTON—Nearly 160 New England public and independent colleges and universities were still considering additional freshman and/or transfer applications for fall 2005 as of the traditional May 2 college admissions deadline, according to a survey released today by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). NEBHE polled 212 undergraduate colleges and universities throughout New...
BOSTON—New England’s rich base of arts education programs, museums, symphonies and dance troupes not only enrich the region’s quality of life and generate significant revenue on their own, but also serve as midwives to a burgeoning “creative economy,” according to the Summer 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. T...
BOSTON— The Fall 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education marks NEBHE’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive interview with historian David Halberstam and a major timeline tracing half a century of events in New England education and economic and civic life. In addition, former University of Maine System Chancellor Robert Woodbury warns ...
President and CEO Evan S. Dobelle Applauded for Phenomenal Fundraising and Given Contract Extension through 2008 by Unanimous Board DecisionThe New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) recently celebrated a half-century of service to New England with a daylong conference and dinner celebration. Among the more than 350 attendees who gathered in Groton, Conn., were college presidents, education...
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has published the 2006 edition of Connection’s Annual Directory of New England Colleges & Universities.A must-have resource for guidance professionals, students and parents and as well as legislators and business people, Connection's Annual Directory of New England Colleges & Universities contains campus-by-campus statistics on enroll...
BOSTON -- The upcoming reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act could dramatically alter the relationship between the federal government and New England colleges and universities, according to the Winter 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, which focuses on federal higher education policy. The Winter 2004 Connection features artic...
BOSTON—The Winter 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education explores issues in “college readiness,” ranging from efforts to align K-12 standards with college admissions requirements to grassroots initiatives aimed at helping urban and rural populations prepare for and succeed in college.Authors include: Richard Kazis of Jobs for the Future...
BOSTON—A legendary figure in Boston’s higher education community, a former Rhode Island governor and an innovative New Hampshire program that enables high school students to pursue college-level courses for credit are among recipients of the 2006 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards announced today by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE).Commenting on the 2006 aw...
Horgan is president and CEO of the New Hampshire College & University Council (NHCUC), a statewide not-for-profit consortium of public and private colleges and universities.”Tom Horgan is a recognized leader in forging collaboration among higher education institutions, public and private, small and large,” said NEBHE President and CEO Evan S. Dobelle. “We look forward to his ...
BOSTON—More than a dozen New England "college towns" host 10,000 students or more, according to research to be published next week in Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. Boston leads the way with more than 131,000 full- and part-time students attending 33 different colleges and universities in the city, according to the Spring 2006 issue of Connec...
BOSTON—New England’s rich base of arts education programs, museums, symphonies and dance troupes not only enrich the region’s quality of life and generate significant revenue on their own, but also serve as midwives to a burgeoning “creative economy,” according to the Summer 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. T... 
BOSTON— The Fall 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education marks NEBHE’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive interview with historian David Halberstam and a major timeline tracing half a century of events in New England education and economic and civic life. In addition, former University of Maine System Chancellor Robert Woodbury warns ... 
BOSTON -- The upcoming reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act could dramatically alter the relationship between the federal government and New England colleges and universities, according to the Winter 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, which focuses on federal higher education policy. The Winter 2004 Connection features artic... 
BOSTON—The Winter 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education explores issues in “college readiness,” ranging from efforts to align K-12 standards with college admissions requirements to grassroots initiatives aimed at helping urban and rural populations prepare for and succeed in college.Authors include: Richard Kazis of Jobs for the Future...