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Consort with Us?

When you’ve seen one consortium, you’ve seen one consortium. That was a guiding quip at the Northeast Regional meeting of the Association for Collaborative Leadership held last Friday at Five Colleges Inc. in Amherst, Mass. Some of the collaborations are geared to group purchasing, some to expanding offerings through cross-registration and others to enriching town-gown relations. Many wa...

NEBHE Report Shows Tuition Freezes Help Keep Public Institutions Affordable, But Budget Threats Continue

Note: NEBHE's 2013 Public Tuition and Fees in New England Report was revised in April 2014, and some figures have changed. Please see the report for the most recent data, and contact Gretchen Syverud at gsyverud@nebhe.org with any questions. Students and families now need 18% of the median household income in New England to pay average in-state published tuition and fees at a public 4-year i...

Commencements: Mass. Gov. Patrick Among Speakers

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...

New Chiefs at Mitchell, Champlain, Big MOOCs

Mitchell College named Janet L. Steinmayer to be its seventh president, effective July 1, succeeding Mary Ellen Jukoski, following her retirement after 19 years. Donald J. Laackman, president of Harold Washington College in Illinois, was named president of Champlain College, effective July 1, succeeding David F. Finney who is retiring after nine years In the MOOC world, edX named Wendy Cebula, f...

Regional Student Program Reports Increased Enrollment, Tuition Savings in 2013-14

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...

IMF Director, Former NYC Mayor Among NE Commencement Speakers

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...

Among Comings and Goings, Mohler-Faria to Leave Bridgewater State U Presidency Next Year

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. **** 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. **** President Obama appointed Yale psychologist and Comer Scho...

New Look at College Placement Policies

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...

Projecting Enrollment, Protecting Student Data …

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...

New Chiefs at Framingham State, Wheaton Among Comings and Goings

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...