The Massachusetts community college system is entering a second year with funding for each of its 15 schools determined using a new performance-based formula. Under the new model, 50% of… Read more »
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Higher Ed Act and E-Rate Overhauls Move Slowly; For-Profit Sells; Survey Shows Campus Sex Assaults Underreported
DC Shuttle … HEA bills advance in House panel. The House Education and the Workforce Committee advanced a package of legislation aimed at reauthorizing provisions of the Higher Education Act… Read more »
Parties Tout their Principles on Higher Ed Reauthorization
DC Shuttle … Senate Democrats introduce draft HEA reauthorization language. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-IA) put forth a draft bill, previewing the Higher Education… Read more »
Laying Down a Higher Education Innovation Challenge
Some notable developments in higher ed … … As Southern Maine goes, so goes the nation? College faculty and administrations get along a bit like Congress and the president. In… Read more »
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Education Scholar Adrianna Kezar on the Changing Faculty
In April 2013, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices…. Read more »
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Teagle Foundation Prez Judith Shapiro
In April 2013, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices…. Read more »
White House Education-Workforce Development Grantees Include Boston’s JFF
DC Shuttle … Administration announces grants for aligning education with jobs. The Obama administration announced a new initiative to encourage academic credit for apprenticeships, Inside Higher Ed reported. President Obama… Read more »
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Muriel Howard on Public Higher Ed
Nearly a year ago, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and… Read more »
Obama Pushes Higher Ed Competitive Grants, FAFSA Completion
DC Shuttle … Education budget request. President Obama’s budget proposal contained many pieces on education. The education portion of the budget request included $300 million in funding for Race to… Read more »
A Look at the Condition of Education in Massachusetts
Leaders engaged in Massachusetts’ public higher education system—including at community colleges, state universities, and UMass—have demonstrated their strong commitment to improvement in recent years. The state Department of Higher Education’s… Read more »