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House hearing on college access. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on access to higher education as part of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Much of the discussion was about how to best measure access and the hearing addressed methods that have been successful at improving access. Some of the discussion suggested that measuring access was n...
Bill Nye, scientist, inventor and executive director of The Planetary Society.Janet Napolitano, former secretary of homeland security and now president of the University of California System, will keynote the 112th commencement at Northeastern University on May 2 at Boston's TD Garden.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick will keynote comm...
When you’ve seen one consortium, you’ve seen one consortium.
That was a guiding quip at the Northeast Regional meeting of the Association for Collaborative Leadership held last Friday at Five Colleges Inc. in Amherst, Mass.
Some of the collaborations are geared to group purchasing, some to expanding offerings through cross-registration and others to enriching town-gown relations. Many wa...
Note: NEBHE's 2013 Public Tuition and Fees in New England Report was revised in April 2014, and some figures have changed. Please see the report for the most recent data, and contact Gretchen Syverud at gsyverud@nebhe.org with any questions.
Students and families now need 18% of the median household income in New England to pay average in-state published tuition and fees at a public 4-year i...
Mitchell College named Janet L. Steinmayer to be its seventh president, effective July 1, succeeding Mary Ellen Jukoski, following her retirement after 19 years.
Donald J. Laackman, president of Harold Washington College in Illinois, was named president of Champlain College, effective July 1, succeeding David F. Finney who is retiring after nine years
In the MOOC world, edX named Wendy Cebula, f...
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Quinnipiac University announced six commencement ceremonies. On Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m., investor Guy Adami of Fast Money and Drakon Capital will address graduate commencement at the TD Bank Sports Center on Quinnipiac's York Hill Campus. At 3 p.m. in the same location, Linda Schwartz, Connecticut commissioner of veterans affairs, will address health sci...
NEBHE is extending the deadline proposals for its Redesigning Student Aid in New England (Redesigning Aid) project from April 11, 2014 to April 25, 2014.
NEBHE was awarded a two-year grant from the Lumina Foundation to support up to three New England states in assessing and redesigning state merit- and need-based financial aid policies and programs.
Nonprofits, state agencies and authorities res...
IMF Director Christine Lagarde.
Partners HealthCare System President and CEO Gary Gottlieb will address graduates of the MGH Institute of Health Professions at Boston's John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center on Thursday, May 8.
****Former New Hampshire House Speaker and New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Donna P. Sytek will deliver the Regis College commencement address on Satu...
The New England Board of Higher Education's Regional Student Program (RSP), also known as Tuition Break, provided more than $56 million in tuition savings this academic year to 9,533 participating students, according to the recently published 2013-14 Annual Report of the New England Regional Student Program (RSP).
Among highlights from the 2013-14 RSP annual report:
Total enrollment in the...
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Obama administration proposes new rules on for-profit colleges. The administration proposed new rules to govern for-profit colleges. One rule would limit how much debt students can amass in career-training programs. The proposal is the second attempt by the Obama administration to set "gainful employment" standards. Part of a rule issued in 2011 was struck down in court last year. ...
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House hearing on college access. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on access to higher education as part of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Much of the discussion was about how to best measure access and the hearing addressed methods that have been successful at improving access. Some of the discussion suggested that measuring access was n... 
Bill Nye, scientist, inventor and executive director of The Planetary Society.Janet Napolitano, former secretary of homeland security and now president of the University of California System, will keynote the 112th commencement at Northeastern University on May 2 at Boston's TD Garden.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick will keynote comm... 
When you’ve seen one consortium, you’ve seen one consortium.
That was a guiding quip at the Northeast Regional meeting of the Association for Collaborative Leadership held last Friday at Five Colleges Inc. in Amherst, Mass.
Some of the collaborations are geared to group purchasing, some to expanding offerings through cross-registration and others to enriching town-gown relations. Many wa... 
Note: NEBHE's 2013 Public Tuition and Fees in New England Report was revised in April 2014, and some figures have changed. Please see the report for the most recent data, and contact Gretchen Syverud at gsyverud@nebhe.org with any questions.
Students and families now need 18% of the median household income in New England to pay average in-state published tuition and fees at a public 4-year i... 
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Quinnipiac University announced six commencement ceremonies. On Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m., investor Guy Adami of Fast Money and Drakon Capital will address graduate commencement at the TD Bank Sports Center on Quinnipiac's York Hill Campus. At 3 p.m. in the same location, Linda Schwartz, Connecticut commissioner of veterans affairs, will address health sci... 
IMF Director Christine Lagarde.
Partners HealthCare System President and CEO Gary Gottlieb will address graduates of the MGH Institute of Health Professions at Boston's John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center on Thursday, May 8.
****Former New Hampshire House Speaker and New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Donna P. Sytek will deliver the Regis College commencement address on Satu...