Posts Tagged: Demography

Trends & Indicators 2011: Demography, Part II

Is demography really destiny? The makeup of the population and the perceived value of education are changing. So this year following the decennial census, we're presenting our demography figures a few ways. (We also presented a set in January.) The universities of the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) attracted more than 7,000 students of color this year—a 35% increase since 200...

Trends & Indicators: Continually Updated Stats on New England’s Education and Economy

For more than half a century, NEBHE has been publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England’s demography, high school performance and graduation, college enrollment, college graduation rates and degree production, higher education financing and university research.Our printed compendium richly juxtaposed 60-plus figures on state, regional, national and global...

Trends & Indicators 2010: Demography

Since 1990, New England’s population has grown by just 9%, compared with 23% for the nation as a whole and more than 62% for the Mountain states. New England’s slow population growth has scared off potential employers and threatened the region’s clout in the population-based U.S. House of Representatives. Massachusetts is among eight states in the Northeast and Midwest th...

NH Educators to Explore Making Excellence Inclusive

The University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire College & University Council will hold a one-day "New Hampshire Diversity Summit, Making Excellence Inclusive: Building Engaged Learning Communities Throughout New Hampshire" on Friday, April 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at UNH's Holloway Hall. The summit will explore ways to sustain institutional change, develop institutional and communit...