Lawmakers passed a budget totaling $8.2 billion with no new fees or taxes and worked to address the state’s ailing business climate by providing structural changes and government reforms. Gov…. Read more »
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New England Colleges Under Stress: Presidential Voices from the Region’s Smaller Colleges
Shifting demography, rising operating expenses, plummeting state and federal support, intensified competition, broken financial models … these are just a few of the complex challenges facing New England higher education… Read more »
DC Shuttle: Loan Rate Bill on to WH; Workforce Reauthorization Trudges Ahead; Info From For-Profits Deemed Inconsistent
Student loan interest rate bill sent to president. On Wednesday, the House approved the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911) by a vote of 392 to 31. The Senate…
NEBHE to Present on PBL at Annual Career and Technical Ed Conference in Indiana
The Problem Based Learning (PBL) Projects team of the New England Board of Higher Education will present “Problem Based Learning (PBL) Implementation Strategies for STEM Courses” at the National Association for… Read more »
DC Shuttle: Congress Turns to Reauthorizing Higher Ed Act
Federal student aid. On Tuesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing on federal student aid programs. During the hearing,…
Improving Math Success in Higher Education Institutions
Many students begin higher education unprepared for college-level work in mathematics and must take non-credit developmental courses. Furthermore, many are math-phobic and avoid courses, majors and careers that involve quantitative… Read more »
Undocumented Immigrants and College: Tear Down the Walls
Immigration reform is gathering steam. In late January, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced an agreement on principles for immigration reform, that may include paths for undocumented immigrants to… Read more »
Degrees of Durability and the New World of Credentialing
Those that believe a higher education degree is becoming increasingly superfluous make reference to the fact that 19 of the top 100 chief executives in the Fortune 500 lack college… Read more »
Mass. Kicks Off Aid Program for High-Demand Fields
Massachusetts students working toward careers in high-demand fields such as science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and healthcare are eligible for a new scholarship program tied to the most critical… Read more »
Re-Dedicate State Resources to Higher Education
While other states are experiencing difficult budget decisions, only New Hampshire has completely de-funded student aid Today’s global economy requires a highly skilled labor force that is prepared to compete… Read more »