Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Quinnipiac University announced six commencement ceremonies. On Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m., investor Guy Adami of Fast Money and Drakon Capital will address graduate commencement at the TD Bank Sports Center on Quinnipiac's York Hill Campus. At 3 p.m. in the same location, Linda Schwartz, Connecticut commissioner of veterans affairs, will address health sci...
NEBHE is extending the deadline proposals for its Redesigning Student Aid in New England (Redesigning Aid) project from April 11, 2014 to April 25, 2014.
NEBHE was awarded a two-year grant from the Lumina Foundation to support up to three New England states in assessing and redesigning state merit- and need-based financial aid policies and programs.
Nonprofits, state agencies and authorities res...
IMF Director Christine Lagarde.
Partners HealthCare System President and CEO Gary Gottlieb will address graduates of the MGH Institute of Health Professions at Boston's John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center on Thursday, May 8.
****Former New Hampshire House Speaker and New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Donna P. Sytek will deliver the Regis College commencement address on Satu...
The New England Board of Higher Education's Regional Student Program (RSP), also known as Tuition Break, provided more than $56 million in tuition savings this academic year to 9,533 participating students, according to the recently published 2013-14 Annual Report of the New England Regional Student Program (RSP).
Among highlights from the 2013-14 RSP annual report:
Total enrollment in the...
Bridgewater State University President Dana Mohler-Faria announced that he would step down on June 30, 2015, at the end of the 2014-15 academic year.
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FAME (the Finance Authority of Maine) named Bruce Wagner to a four-year term as CEO. Wagner has been an executive with W.R. Grace, Barber Foods and Martin’s Point Health Care.
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President Obama appointed Yale psychologist and Comer Scho...
The head of JFYNetWorks has some thoughts on the buzz surrounding changing college placement standards and particularly the Accuplacer that determines assignment to credit or non-credit courses.
Gary Kaplan, executive director, of the Boston-based JFYNetWorks, issued a monograph examining recent proposals to replace the Accuplacer with other measures. These other measures could include attai...
DC Shuttle ...
Student enrollment projections. The Education Department and the National Center for Education Statistics released new data on student enrollment projections. According to the report, 3 million more people will be enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in 2022 than were enrolled in 2012,. Inside Higher Ed reports.
Student data privacy. The Education Department's Privacy Techni...
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approved the appointment of F. Javier Cevallos as the 16th president of Framingham State University, effective July 1. Cevallos has been president of Kutztown University since 2002. He began his education career with posts at the University of Maine and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.****The Wheaton College Board of Trustees voted to app...
State Capital Notes ...
Last July, the Oregon Legislature made national headlines when it unanimously passed a bill to develop a pilot project that would overhaul the way college students finance their education at the state’s public institutions. The proposal, known as “Pay It Forward, Pay It Back,” has quickly gained the attention of policymakers looking for ways to save colle...
State Capital Notes ...
New England's public education and higher education governance structures have always varied. Some states have designated state agencies focused on higher education; others have an office within a state department of education. The executives at the top—commissioners of higher education, chancellors of state postsecondary systems or directors of state higher educatio...
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Quinnipiac University announced six commencement ceremonies. On Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m., investor Guy Adami of Fast Money and Drakon Capital will address graduate commencement at the TD Bank Sports Center on Quinnipiac's York Hill Campus. At 3 p.m. in the same location, Linda Schwartz, Connecticut commissioner of veterans affairs, will address health sci... 
IMF Director Christine Lagarde.
Partners HealthCare System President and CEO Gary Gottlieb will address graduates of the MGH Institute of Health Professions at Boston's John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center on Thursday, May 8.
****Former New Hampshire House Speaker and New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Donna P. Sytek will deliver the Regis College commencement address on Satu... 
DC Shuttle ...
Student enrollment projections. The Education Department and the National Center for Education Statistics released new data on student enrollment projections. According to the report, 3 million more people will be enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in 2022 than were enrolled in 2012,. Inside Higher Ed reports.
Student data privacy. The Education Department's Privacy Techni... 
State Capital Notes ...
Last July, the Oregon Legislature made national headlines when it unanimously passed a bill to develop a pilot project that would overhaul the way college students finance their education at the state’s public institutions. The proposal, known as “Pay It Forward, Pay It Back,” has quickly gained the attention of policymakers looking for ways to save colle...