Colleges and universities were hit hard by the COVID crisis. The American Council on Education (ACE) estimated a total impact of $120 billion in a recent letter to legislators. That number reflects both direct expenses and lost revenues. It is easy to identify the direct expenses associated with testing, cleaning, PPE, remote learning technology and improved ventilation systems. But the lost reven...
This photograph from Gov. Charlie Baker’s State of the Commonwealth address last month shows more than just happy college students in their sweatshirts. These students, from Northern Essex Community College and Merrimack College, are part of cohorts of students who have graduated from “early college” programs (with up to a year’s college credit) and successfully matriculated into a two- or...
NEJHE NewsBlast | May 18, 2022 | Amid Attacks on Critical Race Theory, Rises a New Educational Leadership and Transformation Institute for Racial Justice https://conta.cc/3Nmx9BY
https://conta.cc/3FTN5JC
NEJHE NewsBlast | May 11, 2022 | Closing the Covid-Induced College and Career Readiness Divide, Plus UMass Lowell Gets its First Asian American Chancellor https://conta.cc/39T5TNd
https://conta.cc/3N9Msy6
NEJHE NewsBlast | May 4, 2022 | How College Students Write the New Encyclopedia, Plus an MD Will Lead Connecticut's 12 Merged CCs and Colby Names Its First Woman CFO https://conta.cc/3KPxL1C