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Amendment Approved for Veteran Loan Forgiveness. The Senate approved an amendment to allow veterans access to loan forgiveness. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) had introduced the amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill to help permanently disabled veterans more easily get student loan forgiveness. King's amendment would require the federal Department ...
Comings and Goings ...
Frank D. Sánchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York (CUNY), was named the next president of Rhode Island College, succeeding Nancy Carriuolo, who is stepping down May 21. Clark Green, the college's interim vice president for advancement, will serve as interim president.
Danielle N. Ripich will step down as president of the Univ...
Massachusetts state Rep. Tom Sannicandro is House Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education and a member of NEBHE's Legislative Advisory Committee. He is also the father of a child with Down syndrome.
He chaired the Special Education Parent Advisory Council in Ashland, Mass., before becoming a school committee member in 2000 and state representative in 2005. In his time on Beacon Hil...
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a conversation with Paul Lingenfelter, former president of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO).
In this podcast, Lingenfelter provides perspective on the debate surrounding a federal unit record system for higher education.
Radio Higher Ed’s entire podcast collection can be accessed by visit...
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Supreme Court May Consider Student Loan Case. The U.S. Supreme Court met privately to determine whether it will take up the case of Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. United States ex rel. Oberg on whether the agency, a large student-loan servicer for the government, is an independent body or part of the state of Pennsylvania. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...
As the price of college continues to surge, growing numbers of high school students are turning to dual enrollment as a way to take college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit at little to no cost. Dual enrollment programs are often thought of as the bailiwick of public colleges—but in New England especially, private colleges are increasingly the providers of dua...
No wonder “proficiency-based” high school transcripts are catching on in some states: By capturing habits of work, proficiency-based models provide increasingly relevant information regarding a student’s ability to succeed in today’s world.
But will proficiency-based transcripts put students at a disadvantage in the college application and evaluation process?
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Over the early months of 2016, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker responded to employers’ persistent calls for a more educated, highly skilled workforce by outlining a series of budgetary and policy initiatives that expand career pathways and make earning a college degree more affordable.
In January, Baker released his FY17 budget recommendation, which increased funding for the Commonwealth D...
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Antioch University New England will host "In Bloom in Keene: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education," featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers and workshops by local practitioners on the education and health benefits of being in the natural world with children, on Thursday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cartoonist, rapper and multimedia arti...
Rep. Roberta B. Willis
Comings and Goings ...
Connecticut state Rep. Roberta B. Willis (D-Salisbury), a stalwart NEBHE delegate and longtime co-chair of Connecticut's Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, announced she will not seek re-election this November after 16 years in the General Assembly.
Robert (Bob) W. Allen, president and CEO of the Windham Foundation of Grafton, Vt...
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Amendment Approved for Veteran Loan Forgiveness. The Senate approved an amendment to allow veterans access to loan forgiveness. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) had introduced the amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill to help permanently disabled veterans more easily get student loan forgiveness. King's amendment would require the federal Department ... 
Comings and Goings ...
Frank D. Sánchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York (CUNY), was named the next president of Rhode Island College, succeeding Nancy Carriuolo, who is stepping down May 21. Clark Green, the college's interim vice president for advancement, will serve as interim president.
Danielle N. Ripich will step down as president of the Univ... 
Massachusetts state Rep. Tom Sannicandro is House Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education and a member of NEBHE's Legislative Advisory Committee. He is also the father of a child with Down syndrome.
He chaired the Special Education Parent Advisory Council in Ashland, Mass., before becoming a school committee member in 2000 and state representative in 2005. In his time on Beacon Hil... 
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Supreme Court May Consider Student Loan Case. The U.S. Supreme Court met privately to determine whether it will take up the case of Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. United States ex rel. Oberg on whether the agency, a large student-loan servicer for the government, is an independent body or part of the state of Pennsylvania. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal... 
As the price of college continues to surge, growing numbers of high school students are turning to dual enrollment as a way to take college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit at little to no cost. Dual enrollment programs are often thought of as the bailiwick of public colleges—but in New England especially, private colleges are increasingly the providers of dua... 
A few calendar items ...
Antioch University New England will host "In Bloom in Keene: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education," featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers and workshops by local practitioners on the education and health benefits of being in the natural world with children, on Thursday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cartoonist, rapper and multimedia arti... 
Rep. Roberta B. Willis
Comings and Goings ...
Connecticut state Rep. Roberta B. Willis (D-Salisbury), a stalwart NEBHE delegate and longtime co-chair of Connecticut's Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, announced she will not seek re-election this November after 16 years in the General Assembly.
Robert (Bob) W. Allen, president and CEO of the Windham Foundation of Grafton, Vt...