Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
Chillin? American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment to Mark Fifth Anniversary
by NEBHE Staff
March 27, 2012
The American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) will hold its fifth annual Climate Leadership Summit at American University in Washington, D.C., from Thursday, June 21 at 4 p.m. to Friday, June 22 at 4 p.m.
In 2006, 12 college and university presidents agreed to become founding members of the ACUPCC. Today, nearly 700 institutions ...
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Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development
by Daren Follweiler
October 28, 2011
Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Thanks to everyone who attended our Locally and Regionally Engaged summit.
Click on each speaker's name below to view and download PDF versions of their PowerPoint or Keynote presentation featured at the ...
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Pattenaude Emphasizes Higher Ed as Key in Maine
by Shoshana Akins
March 31, 2011
Pattenaude presenting at NEBHE's 2011 Excellence Awards
University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude emphasized the confluence of economic development and higher education in a joint session of the Maine state Senate and House of Representatives in his "State of the University" biennial address on March 30.
“Historically, higher education has meant ...
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Doing Good and Doing Well: Performance-Based Funding in Higher Ed
by David Mabe
March 31, 2011
The New England Board of Higher Education released a policy brief that encourages states to tie a portion of higher education appropriations to institutional outcomes. Currently, New England states tend to apportion institutional funding based on enrollment levels—a practice that rewards quantity, but not necessarily student success and degree attainment.
From President Obama to private foundations ...
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Mismatch in the Labor Market: The Supply of and Demand for “Middle-Skill” Workers in New England
by Alicia Sasser Modestino
February 8, 2011
Over the past decade, policymakers and business leaders across New England have been concerned that the region’s slower population growth and loss of residents to other parts of the country will lead to a shortage of skilled labor—particularly when the baby boom generation retires. Prior to the Great Recession, the concern ...
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Conference on Immigrants as “Jet Fuel” for Jobs in Mass.
by Christine Cassis
November 12, 2010
The Malden, Mass.-based Immigrant Learning Center Inc. (ILC) and Babson College will collaborate on a statewide conference for immigrant entrepreneurship to be hosted at Babson's Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Mass. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The ILC says immigrants are "jet fuel" for entrepreneurship in Massachusetts, from neighborhood revitalization to ...
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Recovery at Risk: New England Economic Partnership Releases New Outlook Forecasting Sluggish Bounceback
by Ross Gittell
June 20, 2011
The New England economy continues to outperform the national economy. That is the good news. But both the region’s and nation’s economies continue to have low and staggered growth. The slow recovery from the 2008-09 recession is largely due to factors outside New England influence, including the European debt crisis, volatile energy markets and ...
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