American college students’ worldviews affect what they value, the way they behave and potentially how they learn. We have found that today’s students are divided not dichotomously, between religious and… Read more »
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DC Shuttle: All Shut Down? Not Quite
Shutdown’s limited initial effects of education. The U.S. Department of Education is on partial shutdown, with many employees furloughed, but school districts are functioning in full. The effects of the…
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Author Richard Arum on Undergrad Learning
In April, 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. The…
Summer 2008 NEJHE: Digital Technologies Bringing Profound Change to Higher Education
BOSTON—Digital technology is transforming colleges, students and learning according to the Summer 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE). The Summer 2008 issue, published in July,… Read more »
Fall 2008 NEJHE: New England Higher Education Going Clean and Green
BOSTON—New England’s colleges are increasingly “clean and green,” according to a forum in the Fall 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE). The Fall 2008 issue,… Read more »
Winter 2010 NEJHE is Final Print Issue Before Moving Online
BOSTON—The New England Board of Higher Education unveiled the Winter 2010 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education packed with bold articles on innovative admissions policies, the achievement… Read more »
Fall 2005 CONNECTION: 50 Years of New England Higher Education and Economic Development
BOSTON— The Fall 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education marks NEBHE’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive interview with historian David Halberstam and… Read more »
Winter 2006 CONNECTION Explores College Readiness
BOSTON—The Winter 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education explores issues in “college readiness,” ranging from efforts to align K-12 standards with college… Read more »
2006 New England Higher Education Excellence Award Winners Announced
BOSTON—A legendary figure in Boston’s higher education community, a former Rhode Island governor and an innovative New Hampshire program that enables high school students to pursue college-level courses for credit… Read more »
No. 9 … No. 9 … No. 9 (Rebels, Rabbis and Stories on Innovation from BIF-9)
I was at Providence’s Trinity Rep last week covering the Business Innovation Factory’s (BIF’s) summit of innovators—BIF’s ninth, my fourth. The lineup of speakers—“storytellers” in BIF parlance—included puppeteers, rebels at work, an… Read more »