Much has been written about the failure of “developmental education” in mathematics. Failure has not been our experience at Worcester State University. In response to concerns about both the placement… Read more »
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NE Legislatures Adjourn After a Tough Fiscal Year
Though New England state revenues have rebounded slightly during FY 2012, the states held the line on new spending for FY 2013 and, in some cases, made further cuts. The… Read more »
Humanitarian Efforts
If you won the lottery tomorrow, how would you spend your time? Being a good social scientist, Jack Cheng, a former UMass Boston art historian, said he would go to… Read more »
For-Profit Colleges: Futile Degrees or Fruitful Employment?
For-profit colleges such as the University of Phoenix and Kaplan University offer an alternative to traditional two-year and four-year non-profit institutions by focusing, if their rhetoric is to be believed,… Read more »
Failure to Launch: Confronting the Male College Student Achievement Gap
A few years ago, Mathew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker generated big laughs and big box office sales in Failure to Launch, an absurd comedy about a 26-year old man… Read more »
Winter 2008 Journal: The Coming Demographic Crisis
Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON – The new Winter 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education explores how… Read more »
Winter 2001 Journal: Colleges and Communities:
Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 2001 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Colleges and… Read more »