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Build the Higher Ed Agenda with Us …
by Michael K. Thomas
NEJHE urges readers to participate in a critical dialogue in this year marking the 150th anniversary of the first Morrill Land Grant Act and elections that could bring major higher ed policy change to the region and the nation.
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New Kind of Ellis Island as Second-Generation Immigrants Land on College Campuses
by Marcia Drew Hohn and Denzil Mohammed
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Obama’s FY13 Budget Would Boost Community Colleges, Reward Tuition Restraint
by John O. Harney
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Letting Off STEAM at Montserrat College of Art
by Stephen D. Immerman
The current emphasis on STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) should be expanded to include an equal emphasis on Art and Design.
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The Journal
The Vanishing Neighborhood Campus
by Jay A. Halfond
May 14, 2012
Only a generation ago, universities like Northeastern and Boston University had campuses strategically sprinkled throughout eastern Massachusetts. Lesley University offered graduate...
Trends & Indicators: Demography
by Journal Staff
May 3, 2012
Updated May 2012 ... The six-state New England region's population grew by a sluggish 3.8% between 2000 and 2010—while the nation's as a whole grew by 9.7%, according to U.S....
University Communities and the Next American Upgrade
by Blair Levin
April 30, 2012
Knowledge is humanity’s first and final frontier. From the Edenic exodus to flights beyond earth, our mythic narratives reveal that going where no one has gone before to learn...
Before We’re Up to Our Necks in Aggregators, Let’s Get Out Our Net Value Calculators!
by Lawrence Butler
April 20, 2012
No sooner has the Net Price Calculator wave crashed ashore, the next wave of college-choice transparency in the form of third-party data aggregators is threatening to engulf us....
The View from Babson President Len Schlesinger
by John O. Harney and Erica Pritchard
April 16, 2012
On April 3, NEBHE convened hundreds of New England opinion leaders at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to discuss "Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and...
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Mass. Rehab Commission to Hold NE Symposium on Vets and Higher Ed Success
by John O. Harney
May 16, 2012
The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission will hold a symposium on Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Ensuring Success in Higher Education, at Salem State University on Wednesday,...
Common Core Backer to Lead College Board; Maine Development Foundation Prez Heads to Thomas; Former UMass Amherst Chancellor Ousted at LSU
by John O. Harney
May 16, 2012
David Coleman, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant and co-founder of Student Achievement Partners, will become president of the College Board in October 2012, succeeding Gaston...
DC Shuttle: How to Pay for Student Loan Interest Rate Extension
by The New England Council
May 15, 2012
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked a motion to proceed on the Senate Democrats' bill (S. 2343) to extend current interest rates on federal student loans for one year. With...
No Vacancy (Survey, That Is)
by John O. Harney
May 15, 2012
NEBHE conducted a Student Vacancy Survey every spring from 1960 to 2009 as a public service for New England residents still looking for college space as of the traditional May...
For Students, These Are Borrowed Times
by Monnica Chan
May 10, 2012
It was quite a week for student financial aid news. On the very day that a Republican filibuster halted a Democrat-backed student loan bill that would have extended the 3.4%...
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