Spring 2007 Journal: Trends & Indicators 2007

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment topped 875,000 in 2005, according to the Spring 2007 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. But nearly a quarter of New England public school students who begin ninth-grade will not graduate with their peers four years later, and 40 perc...

Winter 2007 Journal: Higher Ed and Washington

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. 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. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and others on the work of the national Commission on the Future of Higher Education. In September 2006, the ...

Fall 2006 Journal: World Ready?

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England could help boost U.S. competitiveness and spread democracy by recruiting more foreign students to U.S. colleges and universities, expanding and diversifying study abroad among U.S. students and heightening international awareness among all citizens in part by harnessing the cultural resource of America’s g...

Summer 2006 Journal: Urban Scholars

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON— The Summer 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education features key articles on college readiness, campus diversity efforts and the impact of student loan debt, as well as a look at graduation rates at New England’s community colleges. Now in its 20th year, Connection is the ...

Spring 2006 Journal: Trends & Indicators 2006

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment has grown to a record 868,220, but the region’s high school graduating classes will shrink over the next 10 years and fewer than half of those who do finish high school complete the necessary courses and master the skills to be considered “college-ready,” according to the S...

Winter 2006 Journal: Ready for College?

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. 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 col...

Fall 2005 Journal: NEBHE’s 50th Anniversary

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. 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 Univ...

Summer 2005 Journal: The Creative Region

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. 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...

Spring 2005 Journal: Trends & Indicators 2005

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. 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...

Winter 2005 Journal: Engines of Growth

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. 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 i...