Looking back at New England higher ed and its impact on the economy and quality of life … From 1990 to 2010, NEJHE Executive Editor John O. Harney wrote quarterly… Read more »
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Summertime Snippets: Some Observations from the NEJHE Beat
Choosing economic development? Could the antichoice, forced-birth culture of the U.S. Supreme Court and many U.S. states present an advantage for New England economic boosters? Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker told…
From #BLM to the Emergence of @Blackat___
In February 2012, a 17-year-old Black boy was shot dead in the streets of Florida by a neighbor who felt this boy looked suspicious. Carrying a can of iced tea… Read more »
Nurturing Nature: Leadership, Fractal Thinking and the Myth of Creativity
I love being a Black woman. I am awed by how powerful Black woman are and how unspeakably overlooked we have been because of it—consider Stacey Abrams and Keisha Lance… Read more »
Roots of the Current Crises (Hate to Say I Told You So)
Something inside me keeps saying: I told you something like this would happen. After 50 years studying opportunity for higher education, I am somewhat comfortable (and very uncomfortable too) saying… Read more »
Revisiting the U.S. Market for International Students
In the past few months, a plethora of reports have documented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global business, and these are generally not something to be happy about…. Read more »
Where Have All the Role Models Gone?
Sadly, the number of COVID-19 cases across the globe is rising. And while vaccines are in the offing, we may have many weeks between now and their availability, time in… Read more »
Out of the Wreckage of COVID, the Rebirth of College Career Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the labor market, with more than 40 million Americans who have filed for unemployment. Even as some states have attempted to… Read more »
Is This the End of Higher Education? A Historian’s Perspective
Discussions of the problematic future of higher education were already an exploding industry before COVID-19, producing more to be read than anyone could possibly keep up with. Their main audience… Read more »
Will the Scarring Show? Graduating in the Time of COVID-19
2020 will forever be remembered as the year of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. This year, the term “social distancing” became part of our vocabulary, and virtual… Read more »