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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
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Lumina’s Merisotis on Increasing College Enrollment and Graduation
by Philip DiSalvio and Journal Staff
June 17, 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...
Beyond the “Two-Body” Problem: Recruitment with Dual-Career Couples Support
by Laurel Sgan Kibel
June 10, 2013
“When both of the partners meet our standards for excellence in teaching and research, and where they can both make contributions to the curriculum, it’s a great way to both...
We’ve Let Student Loans Become a Horror Story … Now Is Time to Face It
by Paul Combe
June 3, 2013
For the past 30 years, the student debt issue has been slowly simmering. Government loans quietly edged out grants as the primary form of financial aid, while college tuitions...
Dreams Can Come True
by Al DeCiccio
June 1, 2013
Southern Vermont College's recent first-year seminar, From the Shoes of Our Ancestors, was a collaborative effort with the nearby Bennington Museum and Lincoln High School in Yonkers,...
New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Kantrowitz on Scholarships and Debt
by Philip DiSalvio and Journal Staff
May 28, 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...
Newslink
DC Shuttle: Harkin Proposes Student Accountability Systems
by The New England Council
June 17, 2013
ESEA reauthorization approved by committee. At a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) markup on Tuesday, lawmakers considered the Senate Democrats'...
With Population Aging, Who Will Power Economy?
by John O. Harney
June 13, 2013
The oldest U.S. states in median age are: Maine (43.5 years), Vermont (42.3 years) and New Hampshire (42 years), according to newly updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The...
DC Shuttle: Still Wrestling with Student Loan Interest; No Child Left Behind
by The New England Council
June 10, 2013
Student loan rates. The Senate rejected two proposals to extend low interest rates on student loans after they expire on July 1. Without legislation, interest rates will double...
Learning Channels: WGBH Creates a Higher Ed Desk
by John O. Harney
June 4, 2013
WGBH Boston is creating a Higher Ed Desk to help enrich its award-winning radio, television and online stories with angles from Boston and New England's famed postsecondary education. America’s...
Among Comings and Goings, Roxbury CC Changes at the Top
by John O. Harney
May 31, 2013
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approved Valerie R. Roberson, currently vice president for academic affairs at Joliet Junior College in Illinois and former president...
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