DC Shuttle … ESEA Reauthorization Passes Senate Committee. Legislation to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed unanimously out of committee with a vote of 22-0. About a week before… Read more »
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A Consortium of Consortia … and Other Collaborative Struggles
Do more with less is a rarely questioned mantra in an age of austerity. But higher education consortia can turn that declaration on its head, allowing each partner higher education… Read more »
Lawyer Wool Chairs NEBHE, Entrepreneur Gabrieli Chairs Mass BHE, Former Maine Guv Candidate Cutler to Lead Merger at UMS
Comings and Goings … Vermont lawyer Michael Wool became chair of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), succeeding former Maine state Sen. Emily Cain, who stepped down as… Read more »
The Death of Teaching … and Birth of Learning
Forget disruption. This is the age of chaos in higher education. First MOOCs. Now Sweet Briar. Seemingly every day brings a new moment where we must confront the reality that… Read more »
Why Innovation Is Key to the Future of Psychology Education
We’ve heard the term “innovation” a lot lately. Boston’s Innovation District is booming. Life sciences and biotechnology companies throughout New England are creating innovative approaches to solve some of medicine’s… Read more »
Ed Budgets Face Testing Times
DC Shuttle … Ed Department Budget Weighed. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified on the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2016 budget request at a hearing before the House Appropriations… Read more »
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Deborah Floyd on Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s Degrees
In this installment of NEJHE‘s New Directions for Higher Education series, Philip DiSalvio, dean of the College of Advancing & Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, interviews Deborah… Read more »
Amid Focus on Affordability, a Call to See HEIs as Laboratories where Getting it Right the First Time Matters Less than Learning from Mistakes
We are familiar with the Greek concept of chronos, or chronological time, of which we too often lament there is not enough. Perhaps we should embrace the other Greek concept…
Bridgewater State to Celebrate 175th with Call for Papers on Teacher Prep
Bridgewater State University is celebrating its 175th anniversary as one of the first teacher-preparation institutions in the U.S. Founded by Horace Mann as one of the first “normal” schools in… Read more »
New England Takes Stock of Midterm Elections
The recent midterm elections brought New England two new governors. Rhode Island elected its first woman chief exec in Gina Raimondo (D). Massachusetts elected Charlie Baker (R), a former Harvard… Read more »