The Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF) awarded one-year grants to seven organizations, schools, and districts across New England as part of the foundation's effort to prepare all learners with the skills and knowledge needed for success in postsecondary education, work and life.
Proficiency-Based Pathways allow students to progress toward their goals based on mastery rather than a required ...
Hampshire College named sustainability leader Jonathan Lash to be its next president. Lash has been president of the environmental think tank World Resources Institute since 1993. From 1993 to 1999, he was co-chair of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, the group of government, business, labor, civil rights and environmental leaders appointed by President Clinton to develop s...
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) will deliver the 112th commencement address at his alma mater Husson University on Saturday, May 14, at 10:30 a.m., in the Winkin Sports Complex on Husson's Bangor campus. Husson will hold a second commencement on Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m., at the Woodfords Corner Congregational Church in Portland, with Rep. Marc Dion (D-Portland) and former Cumberland County sheriff ...
Lyndon State College President Carol A. Moore announced her retirement from the college, effective July 1, after 13 yeas in charge of the Lyndonville, Vt. college. A NEBHE delegate since 2002, Moore recently wrote for NEJHE about college retention.****
Former Connecticut state Rep. Cameron Staples, who was House chair of the Education Committee and a longtime NEBHE delegate, was chosen as the nex...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's invitation to ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to deliver this year’s commencement address on May 14, sparked protests from WPI’s Students for a Just and Stable Future. The students noted that the world’s largest oil company and a major funder of climate deniers has given more than $1.3 million to the school. After WPI President Dennis Berkey's threa...
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Neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will keynote Southern Vermont College’s 84th commencement on Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. Ethiopian-born, Swedish raised, award-winning chef and food activist Marcus Samuelsson will also address graduates.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter and scholar of communications ethics Richard LaGravenese will keynote Emer...
Higher education is no stranger to the quest for prestige. With the increasing pervasiveness of college and university rankings from publications such as U.S. News and World Report, the public has instant access to what is heralded as the best of the best, be it the best college, the best engineering program, and yes, even the best party school.
Higher education institutions work hard to increase...
The Coastal Resources Center and the Fisheries Center at the University of Rhode Island were awarded a five-year, $11.5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to help the sub-Saharan African country of Senegal promote sustainable fishing.
Fishing has been an economic safety net in Senegal, which has created competing interests familiar in some parts of New England. Far...
The world's largest online college fair, CollegeWeekLive, will feature New England Day on Tuesday, May 3.
Attendees may log in to chat with admissions representatives from more than 20 local colleges and hear about campus life from students via webcast. All registrants will be eligible for a $5,000 scholarship available.
Participants will include the University of Massachusetts, University of Ve...
