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SUMMARY:Mental Health on College Campuses During a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined NEBHE and WICHE‘s Mental Health on College Campuses During a Pandemic? webinar on Tuesday\, June 1\, 2021. \nLearn from experts AND students about needed support as we adjust into the next school year and this “new normal”. \nA panel of college students\, who are leaders of exemplary Active Minds chapters at New England colleges and universities\, will speak to their experience providing peer support for mental health when made more challenging because of the pandemic. \nIn addition. a panel of mental health experts will share their perspective on how COVID-19 has impacted mental health services on campus. They will identify what the key challenges have been\, how they’ve been responding to the increased demand for clinicians\, and what practices have been most successful thus far. \nHere is a video of the complete webinar: \n \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation featuring insights from the WICHE presenters.\n\n\n\nWICHE Presenters:\n\nGenevieve Berry is the Project Manager for the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MP-MHTTC)\, a WICHE project that operates in partnership with the University of North Dakota. Before joining the WICHE Behavioral Health Program team\, Genevieve worked for the state of Colorado on state-funded broadband programs for rural communities and the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado\, where she developed accessible content and products for people with cognitive disabilities.\nPatrick Lane is the vice president of WICHE’s Policy Analysis and Research unit\, overseeing a range of research products and postsecondary policy initiatives focused on improving access to and success in postsecondary education throughout the West\, with a focus on those groups that have been poorly served by our existing systems. He came to WICHE having spent several years working in education policy in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.\n\nActive Minds Panel:\n\nKathleen Early has been Sacred Heart University’s Athletics Mental Health Counselor since August 2019. She earned a master’s in clinical mental health counseling as well as her bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University\, where she was also an assistant coach to the woman’s soccer team. She provides student-athletes with support of their overall well-being through individual counseling\, educational training\, group counseling and programming. Kathleen strives to create a culture of help-seeking and inclusion that reduces the stigma surrounding mental health\, by normalizing these conversations. Kathleen’s work focuses on the holistic development of student-athletes\, and the belief that the healthier you are as a whole person\, the better you will perform.\nSydney Wolf is a third-year bachelor’s of social work student at the University of New England (UNE) in Maine and plans to continue there to earn her master’s in social work. She is the founding president of Active Minds UNE\, a chapter of a national mental health organization focused on changing the conversation about mental health. Thanks to her work with the UNE administration\, changes have been made within the university which benefit student mental health.\nSophia Shieh is a student at Boston College pursuing a bachelor’s and master’s in Applied Psychology and Human Development. She serves on the national Student Advisory Committee for Active Minds and as co-president of the college’s Active Minds chapter. Currently\, she is also a research assistant and mental health specialist at McLean Hospital\, and clinical assistant at Boston Child Study Center. She has experience supporting mental health in a variety of settings\, from correctional facilities to hospitals. Her area of interest is intersectional issues related to mental health\, especially accessibility\, cultural humility and trauma-informed care in higher education institutions and medical settings.\nLiz Siegfried will be a junior next year at the University of Vermont. She is a dedicated member of the Active Minds chapter at UVM and served as its president for the last two years. Liz is also the community communications coordinator at NAMI Vermont\, a state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. In her work at both Active Minds and NAMI VT her goal is to ensure that all community members are receiving the help and support they need.\n\nExperts Panel:\n\nLaura Murphy is Associate Dean for Health and Wellness and Director of Counseling Services at Worcester State University. She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees\, as well as a C.A.G.S\, from Assumption University. Laura has 31 years of experience in higher education mental health and has worked in Worcester State University’s counseling center since 1989.\nCraig Burns serves as Director of the University Counseling Services at Boston College. Craig has worked in college mental health for the past 16 years\, and as Director has focused on increasing accessibility of mental health services for students.\nCaitlin Nevins is the Director of Psychological Services in McLean Hospital’s College Mental Health Program\, a unique initiative that serves students from over 200 colleges\, universities and secondary schools. In this role\, she oversees the clinical\, research\, outreach\, and training initiatives of the program\, with an emphasis on supporting student identity and well-being. Caitlin serves as Senior Advisor to McLean’s Antiracist\, Justice\, and Health Equity Committee and as a member of McLean’s Multicultural Psychology Consultation Team.
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/mental-health-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Connecticut Credential Registry Initiative: Bringing Transparency and Credential Literacy to the Marketplace
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined the Connecticut Credential Registry Initiative: Bringing Transparency and Credential Literacy to the Marketplace webinar on Tuesday\, August 3\, 2021. \nHere is a video of the complete webinar: \n \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation featuring insights from the webinar’s panelists.\n\n\n\nThe following links are referenced in the discussion: \nCredential Engine and State Partnerships: Clear Data Powers Better Decisions \nCredential Engine: The Regional Value of a Common Credentialing Language \nVideo: Credential Transparency Illuminates Paths to a Better Future \n\nThe Connecticut Office of Higher Education (OHE)\, the Office of Workforce Strategy (OWS) and the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) present information about Public Act 21-2\, which requires the Office of Higher Education to create a database of credentials offered in the state. \nThis legislation is based on a larger effort in New England and nationally to create standardized descriptors of credentials and publish these credentials to Credential Engine. NEBHE\, OWS\, and OHE have been working collectively to implement this initiative in Connecticut.
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/ct-credential-registry-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Connecticut Credential Registry Initiative Webinar (POSAs)
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined the Connecticut Credential Registry Initiative (POSAs) webinar on Tuesday\, September 21\, 2021. \nHere is a video of the complete webinar: \n \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation featuring insights from the webinar’s panelists.\n\n\n\n\n\nRecently the Connecticut legislature passed Public Act 21-2\, which requires the Office of Higher Education to create a database of credentials offered in the state. This legislation is based on a larger effort in New England and nationally to create standardized descriptors of credentials and publish these credentials to Credential Engine. The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)\, the Office of Workforce Strategies (OWS)\, and the Office of Higher Education (OHE) have been working collectively to implement this initiative in Connecticut. \nThis webinar will explain this initiative to you and the requirements that accompany this legislation to all postsecondary occupational schools. There will be a short introductory demo of OHE’s Academic Affairs new database system that will be implemented later this year\, as well as an opportunity to ask questions. \n\n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/ct-credential-registry-posas-webinar/
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SUMMARY:TIAA Institute Higher Education Leadership Fellows Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join NEBHE’s Michael Thomas and Donald Allan Sarra at the TIAA Institute Higher Education Leadership Fellows Symposium.
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/tiaa-institute-higher-education-leadership-fellows-symposium/
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SUMMARY:How Colleges and Universities Can Compete in the Emerging Credential Ecosystem 6-8-22
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined our How Colleges and Universities Can Compete in the Emerging Credential Ecosystem webinar on Wednesday\, June 8\, 2022. \nHere is a video of the complete webinar: \n \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation The Emerging Credential Ecosystem by Michael K. Thomas\, President and CEO\, New England Board of Higher Education\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation New Credentials: Global Overview by Maria Spies\, Co-Founder and Co-CEO\, HolonIQ\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation Trains of Innovation to Transform the Learn and Work Ecosystem by Holly Zanville\, Co-Director\, Skills\, Credentials & Workforce Policy\, George Washington University\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation Credentials: Currency of the Modern Labor Market by Jonathan Finkelstein\, Founder and CEO\, Credly\n\n\n\n\n\nFor centuries\, colleges and universities have sat atop the hierarchy of credentialing systems and traditional degrees have been the “coin of the realm.” But the world of learning and credentials is being transformed—accelerated by the global pandemic. \nNon-institutional providers are rapidly expanding. Learners and employers seek knowledge\, skills and credentials aligned with the economy and workforce. Flexible\, short-term\, skills-focused and technology-supported learning alternatives continue to expand. And learners are voting with their feet. \nWhat does all this mean for traditional postsecondary degree providers? \nDisruptions to the traditional credential hierarchy require postsecondary institutions to re-envision their roles and develop new competencies to compete in the emerging learning and credential ecosystem. \n\n\nAbout the Panelists \nJonathan Finkelstein\nFounder and CEO\nCredly \nJonathan Finkelstein is founder and CEO of Credly\, the world’s largest network of talent with verified workforce skills\, which is now part of Pearson. Previously\, he co-founded HorizonLive (acquired by Blackboard) and LearningTimes. Jonathan is a frequent author and speaker on workforce trends\, HR tech\, learning\, and credentials. The child of public school teachers\, Jonathan received his AB degree with honors from Harvard. \nMaria Spies\nCo-Founder and Co-CEO\nHolonIQ \nMaria Spies is a co-founder and Co-CEO of HolonIQ\, the world’s leading platform for impact intelligence. HolonIQ’s intelligence platform is shaping the global impact economy\, accelerating social and economic outcomes around the world. Its data and insights power growth\, innovation and risk intelligence for forward thinking governments\, institutions\, organizations and investors. Prior to HolonIQ\, Maria led digital learning futures for a global education company\, envisioning new futures for education through investment and research projects about the future of learning\, such as Global EdTech Landscape and Higher Education Digital Transformation. Maria has worked in public and private higher education for over 20 years in the APAC region specializing in transforming education through technology. She has built and led global innovation teams\, driving innovation in curriculum\, teaching and the student experience in over 50 countries. \nMichael K. Thomas\nPresident and CEO\nNew England Board of Higher Education \nMichael K. Thomas is the President and CEO of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) in Boston\, Massachusetts\, an organization providing strategic policy leadership\, capacity-building programs\, professional development and consulting services to public policy makers and senior leaders of New England’s 250 colleges and universities. Dr. Thomas directs NEBHE’s policy\, research\, publishing and programmatic activities\, focused on promoting innovative postsecondary and life-long learning practices—and on expanding collaboration among leaders of business\, government and higher education. He has worked in corporate training and human resources and held varied leadership roles in higher education institutions\, both public and private. Prior to joining NEBHE\, he served as Executive Assistant to the President at Lesley University in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Brigham Young University and master’s degrees in higher education from Teachers College\, Columbia University and Harvard University. He holds an MBA from Boston University and a doctorate in education and social policy from Harvard University. \nHolly Zanville\nCo-Director\, Skills\, Credentials & Workforce Policy\nGeorge Washington University \nDr. Holly Zanville is a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills\, Credentials & Workforce Policy at George Washington University; and co-lead of the national initiative\, Credential As You Go. Previously she served as a strategy director at Lumina Foundation\, overseeing portfolios on adult learners\, student success\, future of learning and workforce\, and research. She has held leadership positions at state higher education systems/boards in Oregon and Washington\, and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE); and held academic positions at community college and nontraditional university programs in multiple states. She serves on the Executive Committee of the International Council on Badges and Credentials (ICoBC) and Steering Committee for the Microcredentials Project of the Council of Graduate Schools.
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/emerging-credential-ecosystem-webinar/
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SUMMARY:OECG: Webinars and Course Marking Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined our Course Marking Retreat and our Open Education Course marking Grant Webinars on Tuesday\, June 14\, 2023. \n\nVideos\nGetting Started with Course Marking:\nCourse marking\, or tagging courses that utilize OER\, low-cost\, or other no-cost course materials provide students with the power and agency to make informed course registration decisions based on their own financial situations. Practitioners from the Northeast\, Marcel Raisbeck\, Kevin Corcoran\, and Andrew McKinney\, will provide a broad overview of course marking definitions\, share examples\, and provide attendees with a roadmap to get started. \n \nCourse Marking-Lessons Learned from the Field:\nPanelists Boyoung Chae\, Suyneen “Sunny” Pai\, & Lisa Young\, practitioners from the Open Education community\, will share lessons learned from their experiences implementing course marking at their respective institutions and systems. Panelists will cover communication strategies\, stakeholder engagement\, data collection\, and essential topics to help others embark on this journey. \n \n  \n\nOther resources:\n\n\n\n\nOECG retreat workbook fillable copy\, which includes agenda\, panelist biographies and fill-able workshops for our Course Marking Retreat.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the Getting started with course marking presentation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the Course Marking: Lessons Learned from the Field presentation.\n\n\n\n  \n\nAbout the panelists\nMarcel Raisbeck  is a Junior in the Social Thought and Political Economy (STPEC) program and the Developmental Disabilities and Human Services (DDHS) Letter of Specialization at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. His work at Middlesex Community College from 2015-2021 included serving as a Supplemental Instructor\, a Student OER Ambassador\, and doing non-paid peer support work. At his current institution\, Marcel’s advocacy work specializes in the intersection between ableism/disablism and other injustices. OER has been a common thread for advocacy through his entire educational career\, as non-open educational materials are less accessible\, less inclusive\, and often incur additional costs for Disabled students to get audio\, braille\, or digital copies. Outside the classroom\, you can find Marcel on a date with his partner\, hanging out with friends at the Dining Commons\, or playing Minecraft. \nKevin Corcoran is the Associate Vice President of Digital Learning for the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities System. Kevin is responsible for the development and support of system-wide strategies for the effective use of digital learning tools and content that focuses on quality standards and practices\, student engagement\, accessibility and affordability. He currently chairs both the statewide Connecticut OER Coordinating Council and the system wide CSCU OER Council. Kevin previously served on the Steering Committee for the Northeast OER Summit and served as chair for the DOERS3 collaborative. \nAndrew McKinney\, PhD is the OER Coordinator for the Office of Library Services at the City University of New York’s Central Office. In this role\, he helps oversee the CUNY OER Program\, a $4 million a year initiative that supports\, promotes\, and incentivizes the use of Open Educational Resources and Zero Textbook Cost materials at all the undergraduate serving institutions of the City University of New York. Andrew is also a member of the steering committee of Driving OER for Sustainable Success (DOERS3)\, a collaborative of higher education systems and statewide/province wide organizations that are committed to supporting student success by promoting free\, customizable open educational resources (OER). As the chair of the DOERS3 Capacity Building Working Group\, he has spearheaded several projects including the DOERS3 OER Contributions Matrix\, a tool to help faculty talk about their open education work in their tenure and promotion dossiers\, and is currently working on a book length project to collect case studies of the inclusion of open education work in the tenure\, promotion\, and reappointment process. Andrew holds a PhD in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center and has worked or studied at CUNY in some capacity for the last 17 years. \nBoyoung Chae is a Policy Associate of Educational Technology and Open Education with the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges (SBCTC). She completed a master’s in Instructional Systems from Pennsylvania State University\, and a PhD in Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia. She led the development of several state-wide OER initiatives through professional development offerings\, research\, and policy work. Her work is informed by a data-driven\, policy-informing process. Some of the notable projects she’s managed and implemented include the Open Course Library\, Open Washington and OER 101\, and Washington state’s community college system OER/Low-Cost Labeling Policy. A few years back\, with her SBCTC colleague Mark Jenkins\, she co-authored an OER research report awarded the Open Education Consortium’s Open Research Award for Open Education Excellence\, and a book chapter for UNESCO publication (Open Educational Resources: Policy\, Costs\, and Transformation). \nSunyeen (Sunny) Pai is the Digital Initiatives Librarian at Kapiʻolani Community College\, Honolulu\, Hawaiʻi and oversees the open computer lab\, IT for Library and Learning Resources\, and the testing center. She manages the college’s institutional repository and develops online collections of local works by students\, faculty\, and the community. She supports her college\, the seven community college system\, and the ten-institution university system in adopting open educational resources and offering Textbook Cost Zero courses. She serves as the vice president of the Hawaiʻi Library Association. https://about.me/sunyeen/. \nLisa Young\, with thirty years of experience as faculty in higher education currently serves as the Faculty Administrator for Open Education and Innovation for the Maricopa Community Colleges Academic and Student Affairs department. Prior to this role\, Dr. Young served as the Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Scottsdale Community College where she led efforts in eLearning\, faculty development\, open educational practices\, and more. Dr. Young is currently serving as the Vice President of OE Global and has previously served as co-President of the Community College Consortium of Open Educational Resources (CCCOER). She is a founding member of the Maricopa Millions project and notes that open education is her professional passion. \n 
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/coursemarking-retreat-open-education/
LOCATION:MIT Endicott House\, 80 Haven Street\, Dedham\, MA\, 02026\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Equity Imperative: Open Education in New England
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined our The Equity Imperative: Open Education in New England summit and webinar on Tuesday\, August 2\, 2022. \n\nVideos\nSPARC Director of Open Education Nicole Allen narrates her presentation Setting the Stage: Open Education: \n \nNEBHE Open Education Fellow Lindsey Gumb narrates her presentation OER & Student Success: Data & Storytelling: \n \nPlymouth State University Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative Director Robin DeRosa narrates her presentation Ten Things Senior Administrators Can Do to Move the Needle on OER: \n \nDue to technical issues\, we are only able to offer the two panel discussions in audio-only format. \nMassachusetts Department of Higher Education Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness Robert J. Awkward interviews a panel of students about Open Education. The panel includes Eastern Connecticut College’s Kiyana-Nicole Smith\, the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Marcel Raisbeck\, Eastern Connecticut College’s Nelly Gonzalez and Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s/Ouinsigamond Community College’s Jorgo Gushi: \n \nBrock University Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning Rajiv Jhangiani and Roger Williams University Professor of Communication Studies and NEBHE Diversity Fellow Kamille Gentles-Peart engage in a freewheeling discussion about OER issues and solutions: \n \n\nPresentations\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation Setting the Stage: Open Education by Nicole Allen\, Director of Open Education\, SPARC\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation OER & Student Success: Data & Storytelling by Lindsey Gumb\, Associate Professor\, Roger Williams University and NEBHE Fellow for Open Education\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation Ten Things Senior Administrators Can Do to Move the Needle on OER by Robin DeRosa\, Director\, Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative\, Plymouth State University\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nClick here to view and download the brochure\, agenda and panelist biographies for our Equity Imperative: Open Education in New England summit.\n\n\n\n\nOther resources\n\nOpen at the Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education\nBCcampus Accessibility Toolkit\nOpen Pedagogy Notebook\nPulling Together (Indigenization Guides from BCcampus)\nArticle on Digital Redlining\nA Social Justice Framework for Understanding Open Educational Resources and Practices in the Global South\nChanging our (Dis)Course: A Distinctive Social Justice Aligned Definition of Open Education\nThe Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics\nMarking Open and Affordable Courses: Best Practices and Case Studies\nOER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians\n\n\nAbout the panelists\nRajiv Jhangiani is Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning at Brock University. He is an international leader in open education and the architect of Canada’s first zero textbook cost degree programs. His scholarship focuses on open educational practices\, student-centered pedagogies\, and ethical approaches to educational technology. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Robert E. Knox Master Teacher Award from the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia\, the Award for Excellence in Open Education from BCcampus\, and the Emerging Leader Award from Open Education Global. In 2020\, he served as an Ambassador for the Global Advocacy of Open Educational Resources with the International Council for Open and Distance Education and in 2018 was invited to speak at the United Nations about how open education supports the sustainable development goals. A co-author of three open textbooks in Psychology\, his books include Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science (2017) and Open at the Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education (2020). Together with fellow panelist Robin DeRosa\, he is a co-founder of the Open Pedagogy Notebook. \nKamille Gentles-Peart is a Professor of Communication Studies at Roger Williams University. Her areas of expertise include Black feminism\, critical race studies\, critical communication studies\, Caribbean postcolonial studies\, and beauty politics. Her current research agenda looks at the ways in which anti-black racism is perpetuated through the discourses and practices around Black women’s bodies and the embodied wellness strategies Black women use to disrupt racist and colonialist ideas. She has written and edited several books\, including Romance With Voluptuousness: Caribbean Women and Thick Bodies in the United States. Her work has also appeared in academic journals such as Women’s Studies Quarterly\, The International Journal of Cultural Studies\, and Feminism and Psychology. She is committed to creating spaces in the wider community that amplify and uplift African-descended women and girls. She co-founded the Collaborative for the Research on Black Women and Girls\, which creates restorative and healing spaces for Black women and girls globally. She is also a NEBHE Fellow for Faculty Diversity\, where she co-created the North Star Collective to promote reparative justice and uplift BIPOC faculty. \nNicole Allen is the Director of Open Education at SPARC\, a global coalition working to make open the default in research and education. A decade and a half ago\, she was an undergraduate student frustrated with the cost of textbooks. Today\, she is an internationally recognized policy expert\, community organizer\, and advocate for open education\, educational technology\, and higher education reform. Motivated by the belief that everyone\, everywhere should be able to participate in shaping human knowledge\, her work includes advancing effective open policies\, supporting open education programming for SPARC’s network\, and empowering emerging leaders in the open education movement. \nRobert J. Awkward is the Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. In this role\, he directs two statewide programs for public higher education. He is also the Co-PI for a Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot federal grant program along with a consortium of six public institutions that is funding faculty to adapt and create inclusive\, accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks that align with our marketplace needs. He is a tenured professor of business administration (currently on leave) at Middlesex Community College. He also serves as a visiting professor and program coordinator for the Masters in Human Resources program at Framingham State University. \nRobin DeRosa is the Director of Plymouth State University’s Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative. An advocate for open and public architectures for higher education\, she has worked with faculty and staff at dozens of institutions as they strive to make their learning environments more equitable and engaging. She was a high school English teacher and then an English professor for many years before she became the director of Plymouth State University’s student-driven customized major program. Today\, Plymouth State’s Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative is a center for innovative pedagogy and critical instructional design.
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/equity-imperative/
LOCATION:MIT Endicott House\, 80 Haven Street\, Dedham\, MA\, 02026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Homeslide,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation\, Workforce and Economic Development
DESCRIPTION:  \nLocally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation\, Workforce and Economic Development \nTuesday\, April 3\, 2012\nFederal Reserve Bank of Boston \nThanks to everyone who attended our Locally and Regionally Engaged summit. \nClick on each speaker’s name below to view and download PDF versions of their PowerPoint or Keynote presentation featured at the conference: \n\nDan W. Butin\, Dean and Associate Professor\, School of Education\, Merrimack College and Executive Director\, Center for Engaged Democracy\nMark Delisle\, State Director\, Maine Small Business Development Centers and University of Southern Maine\, School of Business\nJohn Saltmarsh\, Co-Director\, New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)\nJudith Van Houten\, State Director\, Vermont EPSCoR\n\n\nClick below to download various other materials from the conference: \nThe conference agenda \nThe updated attendee list \nThe list of speaker biographies \nInformation about NEBHE’s programs and services \n\nWe once again would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support: \n\n \n 
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/locally-and-regionally-engaged-new-england-colleges-and-universities-as-drivers-of-innovation-workforce-and-economic-development/
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SUMMARY:The University Unbound: Can Higher Education Compete and Survive the Age of "Free" and Open Learning?
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 15\, 2012\nFederal Reserve Bank of Boston \nThanks to everyone who attended our The University Unbound summit. \nClick on each speaker’s name below to view and download PDF versions of their PowerPoint or Keynote presentation featured at the summit: \n\nAnant Agarwal\, President\, edX; and Professor\, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, MIT\nDaniel Carchidi\, Manager\, Instructional Development Center\, University of New Hampshire\nMary Lou Forward\, Executive Director\, Open Courseware Consortium\nJohn Katzman\, Founder & Chair of Board of Directors\, Noodle; and Founder\, 2Tor and The Princeton Review\nEd Klonoski\, President\, Charter Oak State College\nPaul LeBlanc\, President\, Southern New Hampshire University\nAndrew Ng\, Co-founder\, Coursera; and Professor\, Computer Science\, Stanford University\nDiana Oblinger\, President and CEO\, Educause\nRaymond J. Rice\, Chair\, College of Arts and Sciences\, University of Maine at Presque Isle\nJulie Schell\, Co-Founder\, Peer Instruction Network; and Senior Research Associate\, Mazour Group\, School of Engineering and Applied Science\, Harvard University\nJeff Shelstad\, Co-founder & CEO\, Flat World Knowledge\nW. David Watts\, President\, University of Texas of the Permian Basin\n\n\nClick below to download various other materials from the conference: \nThe conference agenda \nThe updated attendee list \nThe list of speaker biographies \nInformation about NEBHE’s programs and services \n\nRead a summary of the conference from The New England Journal of Higher Education here. \nWatch a video clip of Diana’ Oblinger’s keynote address here.\n \n\nWe once again would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support: \n\n 
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/the-university-unbound-can-higher-education-compete-and-survive-the-age-of-free-and-open-learning/
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SUMMARY:Strengthening College-to-Career Pathways Through Guidance and Work-based Learning: Insights from Emerging Research
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to everyone who joined our Strengthening College-to-Career Pathways Through Guidance and Work-based Learning: Insights from Emerging Research webinar on Thursday\, February 27\, 2025. \nHere is a video of the complete webinar: \n \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation Strengthening College-to-Career Pathways Through Guidance and Work-based Learning: Insights from Emerging Research by Michael K. Thomas\, President and CEO\, New England Board of Higher Education\n\n\n\nClick here to view the presentation Strengthening College-to-Career Pathways Through Guidance and Work-based Learning: Insights from Emerging Research by Laura Love\, Senior Vice President\, Work-Based Learning\, Strada Education Foundation and Nichole Torpey-Saboe\, Vice President\, Research\, Strada Education Foundation\n\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar explored strategies for helping New England students to leverage the value of postsecondary education and prepare for successful career transitions. The discussion included: \n\nNational research on student experiences of the college-to-career pathway and the impact on economic mobility\nThe impact of coaching\, guidance\, and participation in work-based learning experiences\nStrategies for aligning student needs\, institutional programming\, employers\, and key policies\nOpportunities to participate in Strada’s State Opportunity Index (SOI) research\, helping institutions assess strengths and opportunities to improve students’ academic and career outcomes\nNEBHE’s collaborative initiative to expand learn-and-earn opportunities for students in New England\n\nThe program was tailored for presidents\, chief academic officers\, deans\, faculty members\, student support and career services officers\, and other staff supporting student academic and career success.
URL:https://nebhe.org/event/strada2025/
LOCATION:Our Webinars
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