The New Hampshire Department of Education joined a collaboration of 15 higher education institutions to prepare teachers and other educators, according to announcements by Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry and… Read more »
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A Vote for Smart Infrastructure in New England
A $1 billion investment in smart infrastructure could create nearly 27,000 jobs and increase New England’s GDP by $9 billion, according to a new report by the New England Council… Read more »
University Unbound! Higher Education in the Age of “Free”
Innovators and entrepreneurs are using technologies to make freely available the things for which universities charge significant money. MOOCs … free online courses … lecture podcasts … low-cost off-the-shelf general… Read more »
Former NEBHE Prez Bob Weygand to Leave URI Position
Former NEBHE President and U.S. Congressman Robert A. Weygand will leave his position as the University of Rhode Island’s vice president for administration and finance at the end of the… Read more »
Colleges Can Improve Outcomes for Veterans and the Economy
Veterans play a critical role in the U.S. economy. For many returning veterans, education is the first step to successfully reentering civilian life and the workforce. Since the inception of… Read more »
A for Effort? MOE Rules and Higher Ed Funding
Federal maintenance of effort (MOE) provisions play an important role in state funding of higher education, according to a new report by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities… Read more »
Developing Story: A Forum on Improving Remedial Education
Why is remedial or developmental education such a hot issue? Partly because it costs time and money and casts doubt on the elementary and secondary education systems that we assume… Read more »
In Rhode Island, Building a bRIdge to the Knowledge Economy
“Your students come here for four years and leave.” For some time, this had been a common perception among many Rhode Islanders regarding to the state’s independent colleges and universities…. Read more »
After Five Warm and Stormy Years, Higher Ed Leaders Keep Commitment to Confront Climate Change
Photo: Presidents who signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) seen gathered in 2007. (Courtesy of Second Nature.) Preparedness. Opportunity. Innovation. These words capture the essence of… Read more »
Build the Higher Ed Agenda with Us …
2012 is a year of interest and consequence to all of New England higher education. … This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first Morrill Land Grant Act,… Read more »