2020
September 22
Via Video Conference
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Video of meeting: coming soon
2020 Legislative Session Summaries, Fall Edition
Meeting materials:
Economic Recovery Amid Uncertainty: Transitional Workforce Strategies State Governments Can Implement to Stimulate Job Creation and Growth
Primary Materials:
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An Approach to Predicting Regional Labor Market Effects of Economic Shocks: The COVID-19 Pandemic in New England, Osborne Jackson, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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Predicting unemployment in the pandemic, Osborne Jackson
- Livia Lam’s PowerPoint slides
- Workforce equity initiative in 10 regions (Policylink and National Fund for Workforce Solutions)
- Equality indicators (CUNY Institute for state and local governance)
- Levy Institute measure of economic well-being (Bard College)
- Job Quality Index
- Urban Institute Framework
- CAP job quality and workforce development essay
Secondary Materials
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Tracking the economic impact of COVID-19 in Maine, Maine Center for Economic Policy
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The COVID-19 Crisis in New Hampshire: Initial Economic Impacts and Policy Responses, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute
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Scarring Body and Mind: The Long-Term Belief-Scarring Effects of COVID-19, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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State Policy COVID-19 Response Toolkit, Molly Bashay, National Skills Coalition
All Learning Counts-New England Project Update
- All Learning Counts Project Update Slide Deck
- Recognizing Prior Learning in the Covid-19 Era: Helping Displaced Workers and Students One Credit at a Time
- Learning Recognition and the Future of Higher Education –A Vision for a Post-Pandemic Learning Ecosystem
July 23
Ad Hoc Meeting on Limited Liability Protection for Higher Education
Via Video Conference
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Limited Liability Protection Materials:
- Governors’ Letter to Congress on Liability Protection (July 21, 2020)
- American Council on Education Letter to Senate HELP Committee
- People’s Parity Project Letter to Senate HELP Committee
- Washington Post Opinion, “A shield from lawsuits could help our schools resume teaching and research”
- Draft of Federal Liability Overhaul
- Massachusetts HB-4659
- Immunity Legislation: Massachusetts’ Perspective
- NEBHE Tracking: State-Level Covid-related Liability Protection (updated regularly)
March 16
Expanding Work-Based Learning Opportunities in New England
Via Video Conference
Audio of meeting:
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Legislative Session Summary, Spring Edition
(New England and federal legislation proposed in 2020)
Work-Based Learning Session Materials:
Session on NEBHE’s All Learning Counts Project:
2019
September 26
The Adult Learner
Woodstock Inn | Woodstock, VT
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- Agenda
- Presentations:
- National Perspective by Goldie Blumenstyk, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Indiana’s Next Level Jobs by Josh Garrison, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
- Tennessee Reconnect by Dr. Emily House, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- Discussion Notes
- New England Adult Learner Fact Sheet
- County Fact Sheets (Counties Represented by LAC members):
- CT: Hartford, New Haven, Tolland, Windham
- ME: Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset
- MA: Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk
- NH: Belknap, Cheshire, Strafford
- RI: Kent, Newport, Providence
- VT: Addison, Bennington, Chittenden
- Legislative Session Summaries
March 11
Remedial Education Reform
Lasell College | Newton, MA
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- Agenda
- Presentations:
- Reforming Remedial Education is Gaining Traction
- Angela Boatman, Vanderbilt University
- Michael Stefanowicz, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
- Elena Quiroz-Livanis, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
- Student Transfer in New England: Are We Making Progress?
- Emily Decatur and Stafford Peat, NEBHE
- NEBHE Policy Spotlight: “Student Transfer in New England: Are We Making Progress?”
- Reforming Remedial Education is Gaining Traction
- Legislative Summaries
2018
September 27
Mitigating Cost Drivers in Higher Education
Mill Falls at the Lake | Meredith, NH
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- Agenda
- Presentations:
- Mitigating Cost Drivers in Higher Education
- Dennis Jones, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
- NEBHE’s High Value Credentials for New England
- Candace Williams and Stephanie Murphy, NEBHE
- High Value Credentials one-pager
- High Value Credentials home page
- Mitigating Cost Drivers in Higher Education
- Legislative Summaries
March 26
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, MA
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- Agenda
- Presentations:
- Legislative Summaries