BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment reached a record-high 861,625 in 2003, the most recent year for which data are available, according to the Spring 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. New England college enrollment has grown steadily since bottoming out at 795,000 in 1997, when the region experienced a sharp decline i...
BOSTON—Nearly 160 New England public and independent colleges and universities were still considering additional freshman and/or transfer applications for fall 2005 as of the traditional May 2 college admissions deadline, according to a survey released today by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). NEBHE polled 212 undergraduate colleges and universities throughout New...
BOSTON—New England’s rich base of arts education programs, museums, symphonies and dance troupes not only enrich the region’s quality of life and generate significant revenue on their own, but also serve as midwives to a burgeoning “creative economy,” according to the Summer 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. T...
BOSTON— The Fall 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education marks NEBHE’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive interview with historian David Halberstam and a major timeline tracing half a century of events in New England education and economic and civic life. In addition, former University of Maine System Chancellor Robert Woodbury warns ...
President and CEO Evan S. Dobelle Applauded for Phenomenal Fundraising and Given Contract Extension through 2008 by Unanimous Board DecisionThe New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) recently celebrated a half-century of service to New England with a daylong conference and dinner celebration. Among the more than 350 attendees who gathered in Groton, Conn., were college presidents, education...
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has published the 2006 edition of Connection’s Annual Directory of New England Colleges & Universities.A must-have resource for guidance professionals, students and parents and as well as legislators and business people, Connection's Annual Directory of New England Colleges & Universities contains campus-by-campus statistics on enroll...
BOSTON and NASHVILLE -- American Indian students east of the Mississippi River want an intertribal college that serves their needs, and the various Tribes are committed to pursue the establishment of such a college, according to a federally funded study released this week.The year-long feasibility study was conducted jointly by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and the United South...
BOSTON—The Winter 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education explores issues in “college readiness,” ranging from efforts to align K-12 standards with college admissions requirements to grassroots initiatives aimed at helping urban and rural populations prepare for and succeed in college.Authors include: Richard Kazis of Jobs for the Future...
BOSTON—A legendary figure in Boston’s higher education community, a former Rhode Island governor and an innovative New Hampshire program that enables high school students to pursue college-level courses for credit are among recipients of the 2006 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards announced today by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE).Commenting on the 2006 aw...
Horgan is president and CEO of the New Hampshire College & University Council (NHCUC), a statewide not-for-profit consortium of public and private colleges and universities.”Tom Horgan is a recognized leader in forging collaboration among higher education institutions, public and private, small and large,” said NEBHE President and CEO Evan S. Dobelle. “We look forward to his ...
BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment reached a record-high 861,625 in 2003, the most recent year for which data are available, according to the Spring 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. New England college enrollment has grown steadily since bottoming out at 795,000 in 1997, when the region experienced a sharp decline i... 
BOSTON—New England’s rich base of arts education programs, museums, symphonies and dance troupes not only enrich the region’s quality of life and generate significant revenue on their own, but also serve as midwives to a burgeoning “creative economy,” according to the Summer 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. T... 
BOSTON— The Fall 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education marks NEBHE’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive interview with historian David Halberstam and a major timeline tracing half a century of events in New England education and economic and civic life. In addition, former University of Maine System Chancellor Robert Woodbury warns ... 
BOSTON—The Winter 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education explores issues in “college readiness,” ranging from efforts to align K-12 standards with college admissions requirements to grassroots initiatives aimed at helping urban and rural populations prepare for and succeed in college.Authors include: Richard Kazis of Jobs for the Future...