Among the little truly predictable—or at least those rare things I’ve been able to successfully predict—I would suggest these three truths. First is the inevitability of recessions. Whether the result… Read more »
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Kahlenberg to Speak in Boston About Late Chief of Teachers Union Albert Shanker
Richard D. Kahlenberg, senior fellow at the Century Foundation, will discuss his book Tough Liberals: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, at a forum sponsored… Read more »
Today’s Grim Jobs Report
June 2009 is seen by many as the end of the Great Recession. Strong growth in GDP following massive monetary and fiscal responses to the collapse in housing and financial… Read more »
RI, Mass. Among Finalists in Signature Ed Reform Initiative
The U.S. Department of Education named Massachusetts and Rhode Island among 19 finalists in the national Race to the Top competition. The competition rewards states that adopt standards and assessments… Read more »
Follow Colleges to the Most Livable Cities (and Low Taxes of Course)
The late Bob Woodbury graced the pages of NEJHE a few years ago when the journal was called Connection with a thoughtful scolding of U.S. News & World Report’s annual… Read more »
Turning Around International Comparative Indicators
We have a habit of taking international comparisons of various aspects of higher education that are produced in—to put it gently—dubious ways, and delighting in our terrible and/or falling position…. Read more »
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation
The following is excerpted from “Make Way for Millennials! How Today’s Students are Shaping Higher Education Space” by Persis C. Rickes, founder of the Massachusetts-based higher education consulting firm Rickes… Read more »
Trends & Indicators 2010: Demography
Since 1990, New England’s population has grown by just 9%, compared with 23% for the nation as a whole and more than 62% for the Mountain states. New England’s slow… Read more »
Trends & Indicators 2010: High School Success
More than three-quarters of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the normal four years time, compared with 70% nationally. Several foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage… Read more »
Trends & Indicators 2010: Higher Education Enrollment
More than 928,000 students were enrolled at New England’s colleges and universities in 2008, up by more than 100,000 students over the decade. Nearly half of New England college students… Read more »