March 16, 2007
BOSTON, MA—The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) was awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund Project PHOTON PBL.
The grant is the fourth in a series of NSF curriculum and professional development grants awarded to NEBHE that strengthen photonics curriculum in secondary schools and community colleges in New England. ...
January 24, 2007For more information, contact:
Charlotte Stratton, 617.357.9620, x125BOSTON — Southern New Hampshire University's 25-year-old School of Community Economic Development and two Granite State education luminaries, Ingrid Lemaire of Granite State Management and Resources, and Thomas More College of Liberal Arts founder Peter V. Sampo, have won the New England Board of Higher Edu...
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Charlotte Stratton, 617.357.9620, x125BOSTON— Former U.S. Sen. James M. Jeffords (I-Vt.) and noted Boston University President Emeritus John Silber are among recipients of the 2007 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards announced by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE).
Commenting on the 2007 award honorees, NEBHE Preside...
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BOSTON— The Winter 2007 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education features exclusive articles by U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, U.S. ...
Special Online Feature: Click here to download Accountability: Are Doctoral Programs in Education Practicing What They Preach? by Martha McCann Rose and Cynthia V. L. Ward in PDF format. (To view PDF files, you may require Adobe Reader.)BOSTON—New England could help boost U.S. competitiveness and spread democracy by recruiting more foreign students to U.S. colleges and universities, expandin...
BOSTON -- The upcoming reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act could dramatically alter the relationship between the federal government and New England colleges and universities, according to the Winter 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, which focuses on federal higher education policy. The Winter 2004 Connection features artic...
BOSTON— More students are arriving at college today with emotional issues than five years ago, and there has been dramatic growth in the severity of the problems, according to the Summer 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. “These students are creating a need for significant expansions in college counseling services,” accord...
BOSTON—New England’s college presidents strike a delicate balance as they attempt to weigh in on major issues without alienating big financial donors or other campus constituencies, according to the Fall 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. The Fall issue of Connection features hard-hitting articles by New England college presiden...
November 11, 2004
WOODSTOCK, VT -- The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has selected Evan S. Dobelle, who has been president of four colleges and universities and was elected to two terms as mayor of Pittsfield, Mass., while still in his twenties, as president and CEO of the nonprofit, six-state education agency, effective Jan. 1, 2005.
"I find President Dobelle to have extraordinar...
BOSTON—Beyond their $20 billion in direct expenditures, New England colleges and universities power the regional economy by nurturing technology transfer in cutting-edge fields, educating the skilled workforce sought after by high-wage employers and rejuvenating urban and rural communities, according to the Winter 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Educa...