The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) exams, often preceded by AP courses, have a reputation for spitting out an overwhelming amount of information, but that is about to change. The… Read more »
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Small Revenue Gains in NE States Not Enough to Stanch Ed Bleeding
The good news is that the New England states are showing slight gains in revenue collections. The bad news is that it will not be enough to stave off a… Read more »
Book Review: Harnessing America’s Wasted Talent
Harnessing America’s Wasted Talent: A New Ecology of Learning, Peter Smith, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2010 In 1970, I was a high school student in a suburban New England town. The… Read more »
The Real Education Crisis: Are 35% of all College Degrees in New England Unnecessary?
The notion of the “college labor market” as a fixed set of occupations is remarkably static. In contrast, we assume that job and skill requirements are dynamic. (This lively debate… Read more »
How New England Fared in the 2010 Midterm Elections
It’s over. Gone are the acrimonious debates, boisterous crowds, vicious campaign attack ads, incessant robo calls and campaign paraphernalia cluttering street corners, highways, lawns and sidewalks. The voters have spoken… Read more »
As Leaves Change, So Do College Officials
College of the Atlantic President David F. Hales announced he will retire at the end of the academic year. During his tenure, the college became a carbon-neutral institution, expanded its… Read more »
Special Policy Report: A High-Stakes Election for New England
Like the traditional four seasons in New England, election season has the potential to bring about stunning change. This year, races at the gubernatorial, federal and state legislative levels will… Read more »
The Profit Prophets in Higher Education
The nation seems to have suddenly awoken to the reality that for-profit academic institutions are a force to be reckoned with. For so long, they have been ignored as inconsequential,… Read more »
Tell Me a Story: Reporting from the BIF-6 Conference in Providence
A few hundred people packed the Trinity Rep theater in downtown Providence Wednesday, Sept. 15, and Thursday, Sept. 16, with ears and minds open. More than a dozen entrepreneurs and… Read more »
More than 2 Million Job Vacancies Forecast for NE by 2018 … But Do Our Workers Have What it Takes to Fill Them?
The New England states, like the rest of the nation, are finally starting to show signs of a recovery from the Great Recession of 2008, albeit at different paces. Three… Read more »