Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation with Paul Lingenfelter, former president of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO).
In this podcast, Lingenfelter provides perspective on the debate surrounding a federal unit record system for higher education.
Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed by visit...
No wonder “proficiency-based” high school transcripts are catching on in some states: By capturing habits of work, proficiency-based models provide increasingly relevant information regarding a student’s ability to succeed in today’s world.
But will proficiency-based transcripts put students at a disadvantage in the college application and evaluation process?
A new NEBHE ...
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Antioch University New England will host "In Bloom in Keene: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education," featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers and workshops by local practitioners on the education and health benefits of being in the natural world with children, on Thursday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cartoonist, rapper and multimedia arti...
Rep. Roberta B. Willis
Comings and Goings ...
Connecticut state Rep. Roberta B. Willis (D-Salisbury), a stalwart NEBHE delegate and longtime co-chair of Connecticut's Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, announced she will not seek re-election this November after 16 years in the General Assembly.
Robert (Bob) W. Allen, president and CEO of the Windham Foundation of Grafton, Vt...
We have tried to be fairly comprehensive in announcing New England college commencements in three posts: The Greatest Lecture Series on Earth? and The Show Goes On and Commencements … Last Call … Of course, with 250 or so higher ed institutions in the region, a few escaped. Among them ...
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton will give the commencement address for New England Institute of ...
Comings and Goings ...
Marlene M. Johnson announced she will retire as president and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators at the end of December 2016.
The Massachusetts Bay Community College Board of Trustees recommended David Podell, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, to be the next president of MassBay.
Nancy T...
New England Commencements ...
University of Connecticut schools and colleges will hold separate commencements on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. Speakers include: National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova, School of Engineering; screenwriter Oliver Stone, Graduate School; Judge Christopher F. Droney, School of Law; commentator Charles Osgood, Schools of Medicine and Dental ...
More Commencements ...
Christine Keville, the first female national president and foundation chair of the Construction Management Association of America, will keynote Wentworth Institute of Technology’s commencement on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Boston Marriott Copley.
Entrepreneur Frederick H. Kocher, the former president of the NH High Technology Council, will a...
A few calendar items ...
Connecticut College will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a kickoff address by assistant professor of Japanese Takeshi Watanabe, followed by a student panel discussion on the role and representation of Asian Americans in the media. The event will takes place in the Cro’s Nest in the College Center at Crozier-Williams on April 7 from 5 p.m. to 7 p...
Pulsipher
Comings and Goings ...
The Western Governors University (WGU) Board of Trustees named Scott D. Pulsipher to be its new president, effective April 11. The former president of Needle Inc. and general manager for Amazon Webstore, Pulsipher succeeds Robert Mendenhall, who led the nonprofit online WGU from its beginning in 1999, into a major university today with nearly 70,000 students and ...
A few calendar items ...
Antioch University New England will host "In Bloom in Keene: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education," featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers and workshops by local practitioners on the education and health benefits of being in the natural world with children, on Thursday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cartoonist, rapper and multimedia arti... 
Rep. Roberta B. Willis
Comings and Goings ...
Connecticut state Rep. Roberta B. Willis (D-Salisbury), a stalwart NEBHE delegate and longtime co-chair of Connecticut's Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, announced she will not seek re-election this November after 16 years in the General Assembly.
Robert (Bob) W. Allen, president and CEO of the Windham Foundation of Grafton, Vt... 
We have tried to be fairly comprehensive in announcing New England college commencements in three posts: The Greatest Lecture Series on Earth? and The Show Goes On and Commencements … Last Call … Of course, with 250 or so higher ed institutions in the region, a few escaped. Among them ...
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton will give the commencement address for New England Institute of ... 
Comings and Goings ...
Marlene M. Johnson announced she will retire as president and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators at the end of December 2016.
The Massachusetts Bay Community College Board of Trustees recommended David Podell, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, to be the next president of MassBay.
Nancy T... 
New England Commencements ...
University of Connecticut schools and colleges will hold separate commencements on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. Speakers include: National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova, School of Engineering; screenwriter Oliver Stone, Graduate School; Judge Christopher F. Droney, School of Law; commentator Charles Osgood, Schools of Medicine and Dental ... 
More Commencements ...
Christine Keville, the first female national president and foundation chair of the Construction Management Association of America, will keynote Wentworth Institute of Technology’s commencement on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Boston Marriott Copley.
Entrepreneur Frederick H. Kocher, the former president of the NH High Technology Council, will a... 
A few calendar items ...
Connecticut College will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a kickoff address by assistant professor of Japanese Takeshi Watanabe, followed by a student panel discussion on the role and representation of Asian Americans in the media. The event will takes place in the Cro’s Nest in the College Center at Crozier-Williams on April 7 from 5 p.m. to 7 p... 
Pulsipher
Comings and Goings ...
The Western Governors University (WGU) Board of Trustees named Scott D. Pulsipher to be its new president, effective April 11. The former president of Needle Inc. and general manager for Amazon Webstore, Pulsipher succeeds Robert Mendenhall, who led the nonprofit online WGU from its beginning in 1999, into a major university today with nearly 70,000 students and ...