Posts Tagged ‘Dartmouth’
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 in January. Before going to Dartmouth. Holcombe was a principal at Fairlee School in Vermont and a social studies and science teacher at the Frances C. Richmond School ...
Read MoreTags: Agency of Education, Dartmouth, Skidmore, Vermont | No Comments
Launching the Next Industrial Revolution in New England: New Hampshire’s Green Launching Pad 1.0 and 2.0
by Ross Gittell and A.R. Venkatachalam
April 29, 2011
There is an exciting new opportunity for universities and colleges to advance the New England economy and at the same time help address environmental concerns.
The current snapshot of New England’s economy relative to other areas is favorable. The region suffered less decline during the recent recession than the national average, and the region’s recovery has ...
Read MoreTags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Employment, GLP, Green Launching Pad, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, recession, Rhode Island, Ross Gittell, tech employment, UNH, Vermont | No Comments
New England Colleges Respond to Japan Disaster
by Christine Cassis
March 14, 2011
Following last week's 8.9 magnitude earthquake off Northeastern Japan, continuing aftershocks and a massive tsunami, colleges and universities are keeping a close eye on that part of the world. Below are some updates from New England institutions.
Boston University's Daily Free Press reports BU students in Tokyo O.K. 19 Yale Students Safe in Tokyo, reports The New ... Read MoreTags: Boston Globe, Boston University, christine cassis, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Earthquake, Japan, MIT, U. Maine Farmington, UNH, Yale | No Comments
Tales from the Presidency: The Dartmouth and NYU Chapters
by Stephen J. Nelson
August 27, 2013
An expert on the college presidency weighs on on challenges facing presidents at Dartmouth and NYU ...
Cashing chips at Dartmouth? Dartmouth College did not need the round of controversial headlines that were about to come its way nor the cascade that was surely to follow. Only weeks in office as president, Philip Hanlon found his ...
Read MoreTags: college presidents, Dartmouth, John Sexton, New York University, Philip Hanlon, Stephen J. Nelson | No Comments