A Massachusetts board's decision to use only union labor in a $750 million renovation at the University of Massachusetts Boston has become a hot issue on the state's campaign for governor.The University of Massachusetts Building Authority voted 9 to 2 to approve use of a Project Labor Agreement, a contract under which companies bidding on state projects pledge to use union workers and the w...
Despite the myth that Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students are universally high achieving, large groups of AAPI students have low high school graduation rates and are underrepresented in certain sectors the workforce, according to a new report to be released by the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) based at New York University....
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $3 million in grants to four New England organizations to run weatherization training centers.The grants will provide job training to local workers in energy-efficiency retrofitting and weatherization services. Funding comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, South Middlesex Opportunity Council in Fram...
Friend of NEBHE and frequent contributor to NEJHE, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, was named director of the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.Kodrzycki joined the Boston Fed in 1986 as an economist. Previously, she was senior economist and policy advisor in the bank's research department. She is also a former president and forecasting chair of the New England Econ...
Educators from around the world gathered at Babson College last week for a conference on topics ranging from campus connections to global classrooms.Sponsored by the multinational computer-maker Lenovo, conference sessions centered on a new participatory and social approach, with the podium open to audience members.Keynote speakers for the three-day event included Cecilia D’Olive...
Access to healthy food is becoming increasingly difficult in some parts of New Hampshire, as grocery stores relocate and consolidate to cut down on costs, leaving some Granite State residents completely dependent on convenience and corner stores for basic goods
The new study by Nena Stracuzzi and Sally Ward of the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute finds that more than 10% of New Ha...
Education spending for each of the New England states in fiscal 2011 will likely be affected by the national recession, with four of the six New England states already forced to make budget cuts to education in fiscal 2010, according to a new report by the National Governors Association (NGA).The NGA published its most recent twice-annual Fiscal Survey of States last week, reporting on the fiscal ...
Flexibility with work is key to maintaining the "work-life balance" issue with which many parents struggle. Nearly a quarter of working parents have passed up promotions because of issues relating to flexibility, according to a report produced by the Carsey Institute, UNH Cooperative Extension and New Hampshire Employment Security this week at the NH Work-Life Summit....
The Boston-based Pioneer Institute will hold its 19th Better Government Competition Awards Dinner on Friday June 18, featuring keynote speaker, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R–Mass.)The event will take place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, 110 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass. from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $150 each and can be reserved online. RSVP by Friday, June 11....
The University of Massachusetts will honor the late David C. Knapp on Saturday, June 26 at 4 p.m. at the UMass Boston Campus Center.Knapp died April 13. He served as UMass president from 1978 to 1990 and chaired NEBHE from 1998 to 2000....
Access to healthy food is becoming increasingly difficult in some parts of New Hampshire, as grocery stores relocate and consolidate to cut down on costs, leaving some Granite State residents completely dependent on convenience and corner stores for basic goods
The new study by Nena Stracuzzi and Sally Ward of the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute finds that more than 10% of New Ha...