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The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted unanimously to appoint Carlos Santiago to be the new commissioner of higher education. Santiago was senior deputy commissioner for academic affairs witt the state's Department of Higher Education and had served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
The University of Maine System (UMS) announced that cur...
Philip G. Altbach
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Hans de Wit was named director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, succeeding Philip G. Altbach, who authored NEJHE pieces including Education Mecca Will New England Continue to Attract the World’s Students?
Michelle R. Weise left her position as senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute to become e...
CassidyU.S. Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy will keynote Husson University’s 116th commencement on Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m. at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.Salem State University will hold commencement activities Thursday, May 14 and Saturday, May 16. News anchor and consumer activist Susan Wornick will address graduate school students on Thursday, May...
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The University of Massachusetts board of trustees named UMass Lowell Chancellor and former U.S. Congressman Martin T. Meehan to be the next president of the five-campus state university system.
Jackie Jenkins-Scott announced she will conclude her presidency of Wheelock College in June 2016, a position she has held since 2004.
Association of American Colleges and Univer...
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The University of Miami appointed Dr. Julio Frenk, current dean of faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mexico's former minister of health, to be its next president, succeeding Donna E. Shalala, who led the university since 2001 and before that, was the longest-serving U.S. secretary of health and human services.
The Greater Boston Chamber named Mas...
The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE) announces a new partnership with RadioHigherEd.com to provide readers with access to higher education policy podcasts designed to inform and challenge listeners to consider higher education policy issues and their implications.
The podcasts feature interviews by cofounder and former New Hampshire State Higher Education Executive Office...
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, will keynote the undergraduate commencement of the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Friday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
Public health advocate Karen A. Daley, who was president of the American Nurses Association, will address Rivier University’s commencement ...
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Vermont lawyer Michael Wool became chair of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), succeeding former Maine state Sen. Emily Cain, who stepped down as NEBHE chair to run for a seat in the U.S. Congress.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker appointed Chris Gabrieli and Sheila Harrity to the Board of Higher Education, and designated Gabrieli as its new chair, succeedi...
Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi
Naturalist and free-speech advocate Terry Tempest Williams will address the Unity College graduation on Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m. in the Unity gym.
Joyce Banda, president of the Republic of Malawi from 2012 to 2014, will deliver the Wheelock College undergraduate commencement address on Friday, May 15 at 10 a.m. Temple Israel.
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnel...
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The University of Maine System announced that Harvey Kesselman will become the new president of the University of Southern Maine. Kesselman is currently provost and executive vice president of Stockton University in Pomona, N.J.
The University of Saint Joseph Board of Trustees appointed Rhona Free, to be its next president, effective July 1. Free has had an extensive ...
Philip G. Altbach
Comings and Goings ...
Hans de Wit was named director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, succeeding Philip G. Altbach, who authored NEJHE pieces including Education Mecca Will New England Continue to Attract the World’s Students?
Michelle R. Weise left her position as senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute to become e... 
CassidyU.S. Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy will keynote Husson University’s 116th commencement on Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m. at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.Salem State University will hold commencement activities Thursday, May 14 and Saturday, May 16. News anchor and consumer activist Susan Wornick will address graduate school students on Thursday, May... 
Comings and Goings ...
The University of Massachusetts board of trustees named UMass Lowell Chancellor and former U.S. Congressman Martin T. Meehan to be the next president of the five-campus state university system.
Jackie Jenkins-Scott announced she will conclude her presidency of Wheelock College in June 2016, a position she has held since 2004.
Association of American Colleges and Univer... 
Comings and Goings ...
The University of Miami appointed Dr. Julio Frenk, current dean of faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mexico's former minister of health, to be its next president, succeeding Donna E. Shalala, who led the university since 2001 and before that, was the longest-serving U.S. secretary of health and human services.
The Greater Boston Chamber named Mas... 
The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE) announces a new partnership with RadioHigherEd.com to provide readers with access to higher education policy podcasts designed to inform and challenge listeners to consider higher education policy issues and their implications.
The podcasts feature interviews by cofounder and former New Hampshire State Higher Education Executive Office... 
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, will keynote the undergraduate commencement of the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Friday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
Public health advocate Karen A. Daley, who was president of the American Nurses Association, will address Rivier University’s commencement ... 
Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi
Naturalist and free-speech advocate Terry Tempest Williams will address the Unity College graduation on Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m. in the Unity gym.
Joyce Banda, president of the Republic of Malawi from 2012 to 2014, will deliver the Wheelock College undergraduate commencement address on Friday, May 15 at 10 a.m. Temple Israel.
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnel...