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Spring 2006 CONNECTION: Another Enrollment Record Set, But College Readiness Challenges Loom

BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment has grown to a record 868,220, but the region’s high school graduating classes will shrink over the next 10 years and fewer than half of those who do finish high school complete the necessary courses and master the skills to be considered “college-ready,” according to the Spring 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the...

Governor and State Leaders To Attend New Hampshire Launch of College Ready New England

When—Thursday, June 8, 2006 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (additional media availability will follow) Where—CR Sparks, 18 Kilton Road, Bedford, NH Contact—Charlotte Stratton, Sr. Director, Communications617.357.9620, ext. 125, 978.569.7582 BEDFORD, N.H.—New Hampshire educators, business leaders and legislators will gather on June 8, 2006 at CR Sparks in Bedford for the New Hamp...

Summer 2006 CONNECTION Explores “Urban Scholars” College Readiness Program and More

BOSTON— The Summer 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education features key articles on college readiness, campus diversity efforts and the impact of student loan debt, as well as a look at graduation rates at New England’s community colleges.Now in its 20th year, Connection is the journal of the nonprofit New England Board of Higher Education (NE...

Former Bankers Trust Senior Advisor Appointed to nebhe Board

Contact: Charlotte Stratton, Sr. Director, Communicationscstratton@nebhe.org617-357-9620 x125August 15, 2006 BOSTON, MASS. — Governor Mitt Romney recently appointed M. Howard Jacobson as a delegate to the nonprofit New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). Jacobson, the former president, treasurer and director of Idle Wild Foods, Inc., a Fortune 500 company that was sold in 1986, also...

Haitian Health Foundation President Appointed to NEBHE Board

Contact: Charlotte Stratton, Sr. Director, Communicationscstratton@nebhe.org617-357-9620 x125August 15, 2006BOSTON, MASS. — Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams, Jr. has appointed Jeremiah J. Lowney, Jr., D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H. as a delegate to the nonprofit New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). Lowney is an orthodontist at Family Orthodontic Care, PC and president of the ...

Stonehill College President Appointed to nebhe Board

Contact: Charlotte Stratton, Sr. Director, Communicationscstratton@nebhe.org617-357-9620 x125September 12, 2006 BOSTON, MASS. — Governor Mitt Romney recently appointed Rev. Mark T. Cregan, C.S.C., Esq. as a delegate to the nonprofit New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). Rev. Cregan took office in 2000 to become the ninth president of Stonehill College, his alma mater. He also teac...