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Can Text Messages Mitigate Summer Melt?
by Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page
As many as 40% of high school grads who were accepted to college and intended to enroll failed to do so in the fall term after high school. This "summer melt" is especially severe among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Harvard researchers explain how text reminders could boost success.
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Does Community Engagement Have a Place in a Placeless University?
by Dan W. Butin
Th founding dean of Merrimack College's school of education explains how "the global reach of MOOCs ... may actually help us reconnect with our local communities."
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Learning to Do During High Unemployment
by Michelle Rhee-Weise and Michael B. Horn
Innosight Institute officials explain why it's vital for public comprehensive universities and community colleges to couple knowledge with "learning to do," through on-the-job training or on-the-ground projects integrated tightly with regional clusters of employers.
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Trendsetting: A New Way to Keep Up With Trends & Indicators in New England’s Education and Economy
by John O. Harney
A new look for NEBHE's storehouse of figures on demography, high school performance and graduation, college enrollment, college graduation rates and degree production, higher education financing and university research.
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The Journal
COOCs Over MOOCs
by Howard E. Horton
May 17, 2013
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are all the rage these days and are being offered as a potential way to shorten the degree-attainment process and thereby reduce costs. With...
A Business School on a World Mission
by Henrik Totterman
May 13, 2013
The idea of “doing good while doing well” is hardly new. But the Y Generation’s response to it is different. They are literally taking on a youth revolution that extends...
Can Text Messages Mitigate Summer Melt?
by Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page
May 6, 2013
Higher education officials have long been familiar with the concept of “summer melt,” where students who have paid a deposit to attend one college or university instead matriculate...
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Carnegie Foundation President Anthony Bryk about the Credit Hour
by Philip DiSalvio and Journal Staff
April 29, 2013
NEJHE’s New Directions for Higher Education series examines emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices. The convergence...
Successful Developmental Math: “Review-Pretest-Retest” Model Helps Students Move Forward
by Richard Bisk, Mary Fowler and Eileen B. Perez
April 23, 2013
Much has been written about the failure of “developmental education” in mathematics. Failure has not been our experience at Worcester State University. In response to concerns...
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Ted Kennedy Jr., Sen. Murphy, Gov. Shumlin, Ed Guru Canada Among Additional Grad Voices
by John O. Harney
May 15, 2013
Tom Friedman, a conceptual sculptor, will keynote Montserrat College's 2013 commencement on Friday, May 17, at 10 a.m. at the Cabot Street Cinema Theatre in Beverly, Mass. John...
Is College Worth the Price? A New List Ranks Return on Investment
by Wendy A. Lindsay
May 14, 2013
Engineering and research universities dominate the list of higher education institutions ranked by return on investment (ROI), according to PayScale’s 2013 College ROI Report. PayScale...
DC Shuttle: Congress Scrutinizes Colleges’ Unrelated Biz Income; Takes Interest in Loan Rates
by The New England Council
May 13, 2013
Rewriting K-12 law. On Tuesday, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on state and local accountability systems for education. Chair John Kline (R-MN)...
Bunker Hill Names New Prez; Giles Elevated to Head VSAC; Jones to Step Down at Trinity
by John O. Harney
May 8, 2013
Pam Y. Eddinger, president of Moorpark College in California since 2008 and former vice president of MassBay Community College, was named president of Bunker Hill Community College...
Pomp and Circumstance: Maine Senator, Leader of Genome Project Among Upcoming Commencement Speakers
by John O. Harney
May 7, 2013
U.S. Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) and Bernard Osher Foundation President Mary G.F. Bitterman will speak at the University of Southern Maine commencement on Saturday, May 11...
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