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Two Connecticut Presidents to Leave After 18 Years; White Mountains CC Names New Interim

Hadsell Comings and Goings ... Hartford Seminary President Heidi Hadsell announced she will retire following the 2017-18 academic year after 18 years in charge of the graduate theological institution. Neil A. Salonen announced he will resign as president of the University of Bridgeport following the 2017-18 academic year, also after 18 years.Charles Lloyd, associate vice president for enrollment...

Freshman Applications Still Being Considered by 50 New England Colleges, Reports NACAC Survey

According to the annual College Openings Update provided at the beginning of May by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC), 50 New England colleges and universities reported they could consider additional freshman and transfer applications for fall 2017. Of the 50, the following 13 public colleges reported freshman and transfer openings: Eastern Connecticut ...

Huddleston to Retire as Longest-Serving UNH President, SHEEO Names New Chief

Huddleston Comings and Goings ... Mark Huddleston announced he will retire as president of the University of New Hampshire at the end of the 2017-18 academic year, leaving as the longest-serving president in the university’s 150-year history. The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association appointed Robert E. Anderson, the interim chief academic officer for the Univ...

Motley to Leave UMass Boston Chancellorship

Motley Comings and Goings ... University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley will step down at the end of the academic year. He has headed the diverse campus of 17,000 students since 2007 and increased its stature with new programs and buildings, but the campus faces a deficit up to $30 million, declining enrollment, overdue construction projects and weakening fundraising, UMass o...

Dann-Messier Named RI Acting Postsecondary Commish

Comings and Goings ... Brenda Dann-Messier, former assistant U.S. secretary of education for vocational and adult education, was appointed acting commissioner of postsecondary education for Rhode Island, succeeding Jim Purcell, who left to become executive director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. Vermont Technical College named its first female president in its 150-year h...

NEBHE Appoints New Senior Director of Policy and Research

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) announces the appointment of Susan Lane as senior director of policy and research. Lane has more than 35 years of experience working across campuses, P-12 districts, businesses and government to strengthen the reach of education though collaboration around common goals. Most recently, as senior advisor to the commissioner for P-16 access and alig...

Kendrick, Wall to Retire from Community College Posts; Former U.S. Ed Secy King Named to Head Education Trust

Kendrick Comings and Goings ... Dorsey Kendrick announced she plans to retire June 30 as president of Gateway Community College, a post she has held since 1999. She boosted enrollment by 100% in her first eight years and presided over Gateway's consolidation of two campuses into a new $198 million, 3.7-acre central location in downtown New Haven in 2012. Charles Wall announced he will reti...

Number of New High School Grads in New England Projected to Decline 14% by 2032

By 2032, the number of new high school graduates in New England is projected to decline by 22,000 to a total 140,273, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s (WICHE) most recent Knocking at the College Door report. New England’s challenge with an aging population and falling birth rates has been well chronicled. With fresh projections and an ever-changing polit...

State Rep Who Homeschooled Children Named to Lead NH Education System

Comings and Goings ... New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu tapped one-term state Rep. Frank Edelblut, a Wilton businessman who homeschooled his seven children, to be the state's education commissioner. Partners In Health CEO Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D., was named chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. (NEJHE has featured Gottlieb's thoughts drawing parallels between healthcare and higher ed.) ...

Radio Higher Ed Explores Student Unit Record System

Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE presents a podcast about the value and nuances of adopting a "student unit record" system. The podcast features an interview with Aimee Guidera, president & CEO of the Data Quality Campaign, and Mamie Voight, director of policy research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy. It is the third in a three-part series on student u...