PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 19, 2018–The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) Commission on Higher Education & Employability today released a major report with recommendations to increase the career readiness… Read more »
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Flattening the U.S. Department of Education
DC Shuttle … Administration Planning Education Department Reorganization. The Trump administration is proposing a major overhaul of the U.S. Education Department’s organizational structure, according to reports. The plan would eliminate… Read more »
New Models at Lasell: Q&A with President Michael Alexander
NEJHE Executive Editor John O. Harney had the chance to catch up with Lasell College President Michael Alexander about the small Newton, Mass. college’s plans to challenge the higher education… Read more »
Innovation and Accreditation: A Natural Pairing?
Accreditation has been in the hot seat of late. It is both faulted for being asked to do too much—serving a “regulation-by-other-means” function as gatekeeper for federal student financial aid… Read more »
Opening Scenes in Higher Ed Act
DC Shuttle … House Education and Workforce Committee Passes HEA Reauthorization. The House Education and the Workforce Committee marked up and passed legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. The… Read more »
Elsa Núñez on Internships with Business … and for Equity (Video)
Video snippets from NEBHE’s Summit on Employability: A National Imperative … Eastern Connecticut State University President Elsa Núñez led a session at the Dec. 4 Summit about the Commission on…
GOP Plan Would Tax Endowments, Slam Higher Ed Breaks
DC Shuttle … House Tax Plan Would Hit Higher Education. Republican leadership in the U.S. House released its draft “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which would have major implications for… Read more »
Early to College, Likely to Rise? Benefits and Challenges of Early College Programs
Look around your campus this semester for some students who look unusually young, eager and attentive. It may not be, as faculty sometimes say, that “the students are looking younger…
New England Energy Market … and Higher Ed … Look to Catch a Second Wind
In the coming decades, the U.S. will see large-scale offshore wind energy (OWE) development in which hundreds of billions of dollars are invested in building and operating OWE capabilities that… Read more »
Dates to Save: Thinkers, Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Some dates to save … The New England Council’s Congressional Roundtable Series will feature talks by lawmakers and others in D.C. and New England, including U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.)… Read more »