Lifelong learning and advanced credentials are increasingly critical for our economy … The “war for talent” is accelerating in the U.S. job market, as private-sector payrolls recently posted their 77th… Read more »
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Autumn Almanac
NEBHE’s annual fall meetings explored the federal Higher Education Act and aligning state policy with higher ed … The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) held its annual fall… Read more »
What Philanthropy’s Paradigm Shift Means for Higher Ed Fundraising
This is an unprecedented era of human history, in which simultaneous transformations of every technically advanced field are being driven by the powerful technological revolution in information and communications. Technically,… Read more »
Capital Sorts Through Obama Proposals
DC Shuttle … White House Drops Plan to Tax 529 College Savings Accounts. White House officials announced that President Obama would drop his proposal to tax 529 college savings accounts,… Read more »
Connecticut Enacts $19 Billion Budget
State Capital Notes … In the second session of the biennium, Connecticut legislators approved a $19 billion budget for FY15 that increases spending by 2.5%. Toward the end of the… Read more »
DC Shuttle: PARCC, Pell, PISA … And That’s Just the P’s
Pell Grants subject of House hearing on Higher Ed Act. The House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing on Pell Grants…
Winter 2008 NEJHE: New England’s Coming Demographic Crisis
BOSTON – The new Winter 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education explores how New England colleges are expected to weather the impending demographic crisis, the controversy… 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 »
Been There, Done That … Now to Get Credit Toward a Degree
Assessing what someone has learned from work and life experience to determine if it’s worth college credit When Massachusetts Higher Education Commissioner Richard M. Freeland met in June with representatives… Read more »
High-Impact Practices for Cultural Competency
We live in a knowledge-driven global society. The world has closely knitted economic, social and cultural relations that offer greater entrepreneurial and professional opportunities than ever before. Since meritocracy is… Read more »