Dual enrollment programs across the country share little in common with one another. Generally, they allow secondary students to take postsecondary courses while enrolled in high school. But the relevant terminology, eligibility requirements and transferability of credit varies nationally and here in in New England, where:
Four of the six New England states’ dual enrollment programs are ma...
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation about the debate over federal unit records system in higher education with Sarah Flanagan, vice president for government relations & policy development with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).
Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed b...
With changes to state policy in 2005, New Hampshire became one of the leading states in the nation in competency-based education school reform. The Granite State’s approach requires school districts to award high school diplomas based on a mastery of competencies (rather than the traditional measure of seat-time).
But state policy is only the first step in change: What makes a difference to...
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to present a conversation on "Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes" with Timothy M. Renick, vice president for enrollment management and student success and vice provost at Georgia State University.
The podcast also includes bonus content from David A. Bergeron, senior fellow for postsecondary education at the Center for Amer...
That’s a million-dollar question … with seemingly a million answers.
And while this topic is routinely batted back and forth, the fact remains that inconsistencies in definitions and data persist. The national College & Career Readiness & Success Center at the American Institutes for Research reports that only three of the six New England states have defined what it means to ...
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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...
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation with John Sener, author of The Seven Futures of American Education: Teaching and Learning in a Screen Captured World.
Sener discusses the impact of technology-enabled learning on American higher education.
Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed by visiting www.radiohighered...
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...
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...
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 ...