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NEBHE Receives NSF Funds to Teach Photonics Using Real-Life Problems from Industry

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. ...

New Hampshire School, Ed Leaders Win New England Higher Education Excellence Awards

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...

2007 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards Winners Announced

January 16, 2007For more information, contact: 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...

Winter 2007 CONNECTION Features Kennedy, Spellings on Work of Commission on Higher Ed’s Future

Special Online Feature: Click here to download As Student Debt Increases, Colleges Owe More in Performance by Bridget Terry Long and Dana Ansel in PDF format. (To view PDF files, you may require Adobe Reader.) 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. ...

World Ready? Fall 2006 CONNECTION Explores New England’s Place in the Global Student Market

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...

Winter 2004 CONNECTION: Congressional Leaders Speak Out on Federal Higher Education Policy

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...

Summer 2004 CONNECTION: Colleges Grappling with Emotionally Troubled Students

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...

Fall 2004 CONNECTION: Examining the College President’s Bully Pulpit

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...

Education Leader Evan Dobelle Appointed nebhe President and CEO

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...

Winter 2005 CONNECTION Explores Economic Impact of New England Colleges and Universities

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...