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Endicott College announced that Saint Anselm College President Steven DiSalvo will become the seventh president of the Beverly, Mass. college on July 1. DiSalvo wrote for NEJHE on Higher Education Affordability: Two Approaches.
Providence College announced that President Rev. Brian Shanley will leave the post he's held for 15 years at the end of the academic year i...
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Senate Holds Hearing on Education Budget. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify on the president's budget proposal for education. Senate Democrats used the hearing to criticize DeVos over a proposal to eliminate $18 million in funding for the Special Olympics. Just a few hours later, the administration r...
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Delegates to the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) selected Rhode Island state Representative Joseph M. McNamara as board chair and Massachusetts Rep. Patricia Haddad as board vice chair at their annual spring meeting in March held at Lasell College, Newton, Mass. The appointments are for a two-year term.
NEBHE's board of delegates comprises distingui...
The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) will participate in the High Value Credentials for New England (HVCNE) initiative, a project launched in May 2018 by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and Credential Engine with support from the Lumina Foundation.
CCSNH will join the University of Maine and Maine Community College systems as early participants.
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The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) calls for the accelerated reinvention of the region's higher education sector to address the pressing challenges and opportunities facing the six-state region.
NEBHE has identified four priority areas for collaborative action over the coming years: enhancing opportunities for adult learners, expanding cost-savings opportunities for students and ...
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The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, on the eve of its 75th anniversary, announced Rajiv Vinnakota as its next president. Vinnakota, who co-founded the SEED Foundation in 1997, most recently led the Youth and Engagement division at the Aspen Institute.
Marie-Frances Rivera has been named president of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a non-parti...
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Jermaine Williams, vice president for student affairs at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Mass., has been selected as the seventh president of Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y., effective July 1, 2019. Before joining North Shore Community College four years ago, he held various roles with increasing responsibility at Northeastern Illinoi...
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) received a seven month planning grant from The Teagle Foundation to formulate plans for a new transfer initiative between community colleges and independent colleges. The grant project is the first phase of building the foundation for a systematic transfer pathway from community colleges to four-year independent colleges in Connecticut, Massachuset...
Marie Bernardo-Sousa has been named president of the Providence Campus of Johnson & Wales University (JWU). She replaces Mim L. Runey, who was appointed chancellor of JWU in October 2018.
Her appointment to the presidency caps Bernardo-Sousa’s 30-year career at JWU where she first came to the Providence Campus as an undergraduate student. Her first position was in the registrar’s offic...
Governor Gina M. Raimondo has nominated leading educator, policymaker and advocate Angélica Infante-Green as Rhode Island's next Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Following the Governor's announcement, education leaders across the country voiced their support for Infante-Green.
If confirmed by the Rhode Island Board of Education, she will be the state's first Latina Commis...
Comings and Goings ...
Endicott College announced that Saint Anselm College President Steven DiSalvo will become the seventh president of the Beverly, Mass. college on July 1. DiSalvo wrote for NEJHE on Higher Education Affordability: Two Approaches.
Providence College announced that President Rev. Brian Shanley will leave the post he's held for 15 years at the end of the academic year i... 
DC Shuttle ...
Senate Holds Hearing on Education Budget. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify on the president's budget proposal for education. Senate Democrats used the hearing to criticize DeVos over a proposal to eliminate $18 million in funding for the Special Olympics. Just a few hours later, the administration r... 
The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) will participate in the High Value Credentials for New England (HVCNE) initiative, a project launched in May 2018 by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and Credential Engine with support from the Lumina Foundation.
CCSNH will join the University of Maine and Maine Community College systems as early participants.
Credential ... 
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) calls for the accelerated reinvention of the region's higher education sector to address the pressing challenges and opportunities facing the six-state region.
NEBHE has identified four priority areas for collaborative action over the coming years: enhancing opportunities for adult learners, expanding cost-savings opportunities for students and ...