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Numbers Game … More Data Connection

From time to time, we revive the collection of facts and figures called "Data Connection" that we had published quarterly for nearly 20 years in the print editions of The New England Journal of Higher Education (formerly Connection). The latest ... Inflation-adjusted increase in household incomes for the bottom quarter of Maine workers between 2016 and 2017 after the state's voter-approved m...

Maine Community College System to Participate in High Value Credentials for New England Initiative

The Maine Community College System (MCCS) will participate in the High Value Credentials for New England (HVCNE) initiative, a project recently launched by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and Credential Engine with support from the Lumina Foundation. Dedicated to creating credential transparency and revealing the credential marketplace, Credential Engine provides a common lang...

Ed Reform Groups Announce Leadership Changes

Gordon Comings and Goings ... Subira Gordon, the former executive director of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Commission on Equity and Opportunity, was named executive director of ConnCAN, succeeding Jennifer Alexander as the leader of the nonprofit education advocacy group, which was founded in 2005 as the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now. Massachusetts Business All...

Midwest Group Is First of Regional Higher Ed Compacts to Name Female Leader

Heegaard Comings and Goings ... The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) named Susan Heegaard as its president-elect. Currently a senior consultant for HCM Strategists and the Lumina Foundation Strategy Labs, the former commissioner/director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education will become the first woman to lead one of the U.S. interstate higher education compacts. Babson Co...

NH Community Colleges Add Addy

Addy Comings and Goings ... The board of trustees of the Community College System of NH (CCSNH) appointed Cathryn Addy as interim president of NHTI, Concord’s Community College, for the duration of the academic year, Sept. 10, 2018 to May 2019, while the system searches for a successor. Addy is president emeritus of Tunxis Community College, the Farmington, Conn., community college she...

Career Services Guru Brennan Joins MIT, Plus a First at Brown U and a Massport Departure

Brennan Comings and Goings ... Susan Brennan left Bentley University where she was associate VP for career services to become assistant dean of career development at MIT Sloan School of Management. Brennan served as co-chair of NEBHE's Commission on Higher Education & Employability and authored a key article on career services for NEJHE. Brown University named Jennifer Hunter its firs...

Environmentalist to Lead Center at Vermont Law School

Rushlow Comings and Goings ... Vermont Law School announced that Conservation Law Foundation senior attorney Jennifer Rushlow will direct the South Royalton school's Environmental Law Center. She'll succeed David Mears, the former commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation, who announced in June he will leaving the post. Facing a budget deficit estimated around ...

Announcing the NEBHE-Chinese Government Scholarships for 2018-19

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) is pleased to announce awarding of six NEBHE-Chinese Government Scholarships for the program's inaugural 2018-19 academic year. Through the generosity of the Chinese government, this scholarship offers qualified New England students the opportunity to study at Chinese universities with a full scholarship. After a competitive awarding process...

Leave Season in Vermont … Plus

Sullivan Comings and Goings ... University of Vermont President Tom Sullivan announced he will step down in summer 2019 after leading UVM for seven years. Before joining UVM, he served eight years as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Minnesota. An attorney by training, Sullivan has published extensively on antitrust law, including a NEJHE piece on "N...

Levine to Step Down Next Year as Leader of Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Levine Comings and Goings ... Arthur Levine he will step down as president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in July 2019. Among other accomplishments at the foundation, he worked with MIT to create a cutting-edge graduate school of education called the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning. Levine previously served as president and professor of education at Teachers...