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New England Colleges Under Stress: Presidential Voices from the Region’s Smaller Colleges
by Jay A. Halfond and Peter Stokes
Predicting a shakeout, heads of NE's small colleges agree they need to change financial model, lower discount rates, reach new audiences online and strengthen their institution's competitive differentiation, says NEJHE survey.
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Been There, Done That … Now to Get Credit Toward a Degree
by Pamela Tate
A look at how the national drive to increase the number of college degree-holders has fueled efforts to give college credit for work and life experience.
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Paving the Road to Higher Ed for Students Hit by Homelessness
by Cheryl Opper
Only one in four homeless teens—including runaways and youths abandoned by parents—will graduate high school. A Massachusetts nonprofit helps them stay in school and pursue higher ed.
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New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Lumina’s Merisotis on Increasing College Enrollment and Graduation
by Philip DiSalvio and Journal Staff
How the nation's largest foundation focused on higher education is working to increase the proportion of Americans who have high-quality, college-level learning.
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The Emergence of Three Distinct Worldviews Among American College Students
by Ariela Keysar
October 15, 2013
American college students’ worldviews affect what they value, the way they behave and potentially how they learn. We have found that today’s students are divided not dichotomously,...
Exploring Higher Education Business Models (If Such a Thing Exists)
by John O. Harney
October 8, 2013
The global economic recession has caused students, parents and policymakers to reevaluate personal and societal investments in higher education—and has prompted the realization...
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Author Richard Arum on Undergrad Learning
by Philip DiSalvio and Journal Staff
October 1, 2013
In April, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs...
No. 9 … No. 9 … No. 9 (Rebels and Rabbis and other Stories from BIF-9)
by John O. Harney
September 24, 2013
I was at Providence’s Trinity Rep last week covering the Business Innovation Factory's (BIF's) summit of innovators—BIF’s ninth, my fourth. The lineup of speakers—“storytellers”...
On International Higher Ed, a (Granite) State Department
by Lou D'Allesandro
September 21, 2013
New Hampshire has emerged as a leader in international education. Recognizing the value in offering the opportunity for an American-style higher education in other parts of the...
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DC Shuttle: Gridlocked Congress Considers Schools Reauthorization, Private Gift to Keep Head Start Going
by The New England Council
October 15, 2013
Calls for action on ESEA. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Monday called for action on a long-overdue overhaul of the elementary and secondary school law, contending that Congress...
STEM Professional Development Opportunity: Help Students Solve Real-World Problems
by Nicole Schepker
October 10, 2013
In fall 2012, the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) was awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education...
DC Shuttle: All Shut Down? Not Quite
by The New England Council
October 7, 2013
Shutdown's limited initial effects of education. The U.S. Department of Education is on partial shutdown, with many employees furloughed, but school districts are functioning in...
DC Shuttle: Lawmakers Revisit Bank-College Deals
by The New England Council
September 30, 2013
Legislators ask for information on relationship between schools and lenders. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Finance Committee Maxine Waters (D-CA), and...
More Comings and Goings: Dartmouth Academic Named Vt Ed Chief; former Skidmore Prez Takes US Under Secy Post
by John O. Harney
September 23, 2013
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin named Rebecca Holcombe, current director of the Dartmouth Teacher Education Program in Hanover, N.H., to lead Vermont's Agency of Education, starting...
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