Andrew Young
Northeastern University's spring 2016 Myra Kraft Open Classroom will feature public officials and scholars on Shaping Boston’s Future: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges. The free discussions will be held Wednesdays from Jan. 13 to April 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Northeastern's West Village F. The first session to be held Jan. 13 will feature Sara Myerson, executive d...
Comings and Goings ...
Rhode Island's Council on Postsecondary Education appointed Meghan L. Hughes, former leader of Year Up Providence, to be the next president of the Community College of Rhode Island.
Tunxis Community College Dean of Academic Affairs Michael Rooke became president of Northwestern Connecticut Community College, succeeding Barbara Douglass who retired.
The Maine Center for Pub...
Carriuolo
Comings and Goings ...
Rhode Island College President Nancy Carriuolo announced she will step down in May. Carriuolo has written NEJHE articles on the new role of college librarians as well as collaboration among states and between education and liberal arts.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design named music educator David P. Nelson, currently provost of the University of North...
Comings and Goings ...
University of Maine at Machias (UMM) Interim President Joyce Hedlund resigned effective Friday, Dec. 11., to have heart bypass surgery. Hedlund had been hired out of retirement in early 2015 after leading Maine's Washington County Community College and Eastern Maine Community College. UMM Provost Stuart Swain will serve as acting president in Machias.
James F. Conneely, fo...
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation with Ryan Craig, author of College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education.
Ryan discusses "unbundling" degrees, driving toward a competency-based marketplace and the potential impact on student debt.
Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed by visiting www.radiohi...
The New England Secondary School Consortium—representing Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont—released its 2015 report on public school performance for the 2013–14 school year.
Despite general improvements, the data shows economically disadvantaged (ED) students, English-language learners and students with disabilities lagging behind other groups in graduat...
Studley
Comings and Goings ...
Jamienne Studley, deputy under secretary and acting assistant secretary of the U.S. Education Department's Office of Postsecondary Education, will leave the department Dec 18. NEJHE has featured a Q&A with Studley as well as video of her sharing thoughts on higher education costs.
Lumina Foundation appointed Scott Jenkins, f0rmer program director at the ...
NEBHE president proposes a "sweet spot" between consortia and mergers ...
The TIAA-CREF Institute has published a report by New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) President and CEO Michael K. Thomas on "strategic alliances" in higher education.
Inside Higher Ed characterizes the Thomas proposal as a third ways between less formal collaborations and more permanent mergers. His solution...
Torrecilha
Comings and Goings ...
Westfield State University's Board of Trustees recommended Ramon S. Torrecilha, a professor of sociology and former provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Dominguez Hills, to be Westfield State's first Latino president. He would succeed Elizabeth Preston, the university’s vice president of academic affairs, who serv...
The New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) announced its 2016 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards winners.
NEBHE will hold its annual awards celebration at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel on Friday, March 4, 2016.
REGIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Governor Walter R. Peterson Award for Leadership
The David and Rosamond Putnam Family of New Hampshire
The Eleanor M. McMahon ...
Andrew Young
Northeastern University's spring 2016 Myra Kraft Open Classroom will feature public officials and scholars on Shaping Boston’s Future: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges. The free discussions will be held Wednesdays from Jan. 13 to April 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Northeastern's West Village F. The first session to be held Jan. 13 will feature Sara Myerson, executive d... 
Carriuolo
Comings and Goings ...
Rhode Island College President Nancy Carriuolo announced she will step down in May. Carriuolo has written NEJHE articles on the new role of college librarians as well as collaboration among states and between education and liberal arts.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design named music educator David P. Nelson, currently provost of the University of North... 
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation with Ryan Craig, author of College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education.
Ryan discusses "unbundling" degrees, driving toward a competency-based marketplace and the potential impact on student debt.
Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed by visiting www.radiohi... 
The New England Secondary School Consortium—representing Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont—released its 2015 report on public school performance for the 2013–14 school year.
Despite general improvements, the data shows economically disadvantaged (ED) students, English-language learners and students with disabilities lagging behind other groups in graduat... 
Studley
Comings and Goings ...
Jamienne Studley, deputy under secretary and acting assistant secretary of the U.S. Education Department's Office of Postsecondary Education, will leave the department Dec 18. NEJHE has featured a Q&A with Studley as well as video of her sharing thoughts on higher education costs.
Lumina Foundation appointed Scott Jenkins, f0rmer program director at the ... 
NEBHE president proposes a "sweet spot" between consortia and mergers ...
The TIAA-CREF Institute has published a report by New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) President and CEO Michael K. Thomas on "strategic alliances" in higher education.
Inside Higher Ed characterizes the Thomas proposal as a third ways between less formal collaborations and more permanent mergers. His solution... 
Torrecilha
Comings and Goings ...
Westfield State University's Board of Trustees recommended Ramon S. Torrecilha, a professor of sociology and former provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Dominguez Hills, to be Westfield State's first Latino president. He would succeed Elizabeth Preston, the university’s vice president of academic affairs, who serv... 
The New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) announced its 2016 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards winners.
NEBHE will hold its annual awards celebration at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel on Friday, March 4, 2016.
REGIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Governor Walter R. Peterson Award for Leadership
The David and Rosamond Putnam Family of New Hampshire
The Eleanor M. McMahon ...