If you won the lottery tomorrow, how would you spend your time? Being a good social scientist, Jack Cheng, a former UMass Boston art historian, said he would go to… Read more »
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DC Shuttle: House Spending Bill Calls for Deep Ed Cuts; New Reports Question “Private” Loans, Student Visa Oversight
The FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill adopted by a House Appropriations subcommittee panel on Wednesday would reduce funding for the U.S. Department of Education by $1.1 billion from 2012 levels…
Morrill at 150: Creating American Manufacturing Universities
Editor’s Note: NEJHE devotes special attention in 2012 to the changing roles of land-grant institutions on this 150th anniversary of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act. Here, Robert Atkinson, president of the…
Among Summer Comings and Goings: Shake-up in Maine; Plunkett to Succeed Sanders as Chief of Vt.’s Burlington College
Longtime University of Maine at Farmington President Theo Kalikow will succeed Selma Botman as president of the University of Southern Maine, effective July 10, the system office announced. Botman will… Read more »
Boys and Girls: Join the Club
Club members receiving homework help in Burlington, Vt. Boys & Girls Clubs of America count 4,000 community-based clubs serving more than 4 million young people through membership and community outreach…. Read more »
DC Shuttle: Maximum Pell Grant Increased; Education Dept. Updates Lists of College Costs
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted along party lines to approve FY2013 authorization for Labor-HHS-Education programs, including $68.5 billion for the Department of Education. This includes an $85 increase…
Shifting Landscapes, Changing Assumptions Reshape Higher Ed
In 1852, Massachusetts became the first state to provide all its citizens access to a free public education. Over the next 66 years, every other state made the same guarantee…. Read more »
Higher Education Needs a Dialogue with the 99%
Higher education is at a crossroads, not only in the U.S. but also globally. This challenge is prompting an immigrant union, on the centennial anniversary of the “Bread and Roses”… Read more »
Vermonters Say …
Polls Show: Castleton Making a Difference During the past 11 years as president at Castleton, I have suggested to all our incoming classes and current students what they need to… Read more »
Trends & Indicators: Demography
Updated May 2012 … The six-state New England region’s population grew by a sluggish 3.8% between 2000 and 2010—while the nation’s as a whole grew by 9.7%, according to U.S…. Read more »