Current anxiety over the values and directions of what we used to call “higher education” has rich and complex roots in the past, as well as problematic branches into the… Read more »
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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…
Maine Legislative Session 2017: Legislature Overturns the Will of the Voters
The first regular session of Maine’s 128th state Legislature was exceptionally challenging, as lawmakers engaged in a bitter fight over the budget while wrestling with four ballot questions approved by… Read more »
Massachusetts Legislative Session 2017: Budget Signed But Hot-Button Issues Face Legislators in September
Two weeks into FY 2018, Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $39.4 billion spending package that increases spending by 1.7% over the prior year. He vetoed $320 million from the budget,… Read more »
Connecticut Legislative Session 2017: Session Ends Without A Budget
On June 7, 2017, Connecticut legislators wrapped up their session without passing a two-year budget. The failure to pass a budget or a provisional budget reflects a deeply divided Legislature… Read more »
Commit to Building on New England’s “Employability” Advantage!
Higher education has provided New England with an economic advantage, as the region without strong natural resource advantages has relied on its higher education institutions (HEIs) and brainpower. A higher… Read more »
Come Together
A NEJHE interview on the future of consolidating colleges and merging universities … NEBHE has been deeply interested in how New England higher education institutions can collaborate with one another… Read more »
Breaking Away
Karen Gross is senior counsel with Finn Partners, former president of Southern Vermont College and author of Breakaway Learners: Strategies for Post-Secondary Success with At-Risk Students, from which this piece… Read more »
Freshman Applications Still Being Considered by 50 New England Colleges, Reports NACAC Survey
According to the annual College Openings Update provided at the beginning of May by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC), 50 New England colleges and universities reported they could… Read more »
Bringing Good Things to Life
University’s purchase of GE site means opportunity for the region and Connecticut … Sacred Heart University (SHU) has purchased General Electric’s (GE’s) former global headquarters site in Fairfield, Conn. This… Read more »