Thanks to everyone who joined our How Colleges and Universities Can Compete in the Emerging Credential Ecosystem webinar on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Here is a video of the complete… Read more »
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Closing the Covid-Induced College and Career Readiness Divide
One day this past winter, as Covid restrictions began to fade, professionals from our educational nonprofit CFES Brilliant Pathways met in person with students and educators in Hawaii, North Carolina,… Read more »
How College Students Are Improving Wikipedia
You probably use Wikipedia regularly, maybe even every day. It’s where the world goes to learn more about almost anything, do a quick fact-check or get lost in an endless… Read more »
UMass Boston Names New Biz School Dean … Maine Loses an Education-Economic Development Leader
Comings and Goings … The University of Massachusetts Boston named University of South Dakota business school dean Venky Venkatachalam as the next dean of its College of Management. Venkatachalam will… Read more »
Plan Would “Repurpose” $500 million in Unspent Covid Relief that Was Set Aside for Higher Ed
DC Shuttle … Senate Covid-19 Relief Compromise Would Repurpose $500 Million in Higher Ed Funding. The U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan “agreement in principle” for a $10 billion Covid-19 relief… Read more »
Diverse Changes Around New England’s Second-Largest City
Comings and Goings … Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. announced he will step down in May after eight years leading New England’s second largest city. Augustus is credited… Read more »
New England Lawmakers Convene to Explore Key Higher Ed Issues, from Food Insecurity to College Mergers
Rather than return to the pre-Covid state of affairs, policy change is needed to strengthen each leg of the “three-legged stool” of community college success: students’ financial stability, learning inside… Read more »
Biden in SOTU Calls for Increase in Pell Grants, Support for Minority-Serving Institutions
DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest The U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development will hold a hearing on Skill, Upskill, and Reskill: Analyzing… Read more »
State of the States in New England, 2022 … Plus Some Key Points from the NEJHE Beat
“This Covid-19 pandemic has been part of our lives for nearly two years now. It’s what we talk about at our kitchen tables over breakfast in the morning, and again…
In Massachusetts, an Early Ed Exit
Comings and Goings … Massachusetts Early Education and Care Commissioner Samantha Aigner-Treworgy resigned from the post where she led the process of opening emergency childcare during the early days of… Read more »