Higher education has been a favorite news topic for months. Stories have addressed every issue from rising costs to access for vulnerable students and completion of a college degree, to… Read more »
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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 »
Deadly Serious: The Boston Marathon Tragedy and Education
As this year began, NEJHE published the thoughtful concerns of Lasell College admissions official Christopher M. Gray about how colleges would need to address applicants who have experienced a traumatic… Read more »
Are Sandy Hook and Other Tragedies Creating a New Category of Student?
Today, students can be categorized in many different ways. Domestic, international, first generation and stealth are all terms used frequently in higher education. Through the application process to college, students… Read more »
Mass. Rehab Commission to Hold NE Symposium on Vets and Higher Ed Success
The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission will hold a symposium on Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Ensuring Success in Higher Education, at Salem State University on Wednesday, June 6 from 8 a.m…. Read more »
Happens Every Spring: More NE Commencement Speakers Announced
Carole Cornelison, commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management, will deliver the commencement address at Wentworth Institute of Technology, on Sunday, May 6, at 10 a.m., on the… Read more »