The New England Board of Higher Education recently honored Hartford Promise and the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship with 2019 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards. And NEJHE has been paying close attention to innovations—and challenges—facing such "free college" programs.
In June, the Campaign for Free College Tuition (CFCT) lauded NEBHE delegate and Connecticut state Rep. Gregg ...
President Obama will outline a plan during next week's State of the Union address to make the first two years of community college tuition-free.
The president's proposal—if adopted by the Republican Congress—could smooth America's notorious educational inequity while acknowledging that some college education is as important economically today as high school education was nearly a cent...
More than 100 Green Party candidates nationwide called for a “Green New Deal” that includes making tuition free at public universities.It's not the first time. California public campuses charged no tuition (but increasing fees) for state residents for decades. in 2003, Preston H. Smith II of Mount Holyoke College and Sharon Szymanski of The Labor Institute wrote a piece for the&n...
Join NEBHE in celebrating Black leaders in higher education this #BlackHistoryMonth! Read about Dr. Ruth Simmons, the first Black President of an Ivy League. She is also set to deliver @Harvard's 2021 commencement. We celebrate Simmons' work in #highered this month & every month!
Join NEBHE in celebrating Black innovators, scholars, & leaders in higher education this #BlackHistoryMonth! Read more about Lois Rice, a pioneering public policy leader & "mother of the Pell Grant". We celebrate Lois's pioneering work in #highered this month & every month!