Posts Tagged ‘governor’
NE Legislatures Adjourn After a Tough Fiscal Year
by Carolyn Morwick
August 7, 2012
Though New England state revenues have rebounded slightly during FY 2012, the states held the line on new spending for FY 2013 and, in some cases, made further cuts. The outlook for future state spending is uncertain as the economy continues to grow at a sluggish pace, and national and state elections signal new challenges.
CONNECTICUT ...
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The View from Vermont Gov. Shumlin
by John O. Harney and Erica Pritchard
April 9, 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 Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development." NEBHE Program Coordinator (and videographer) Erica Pritchard and NEJHE Executive Editor John O. Harney caught up with keynote ...
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In Maine, Postsecondary Success Starts Before College
by Gov. Paul R. LePage
June 6, 2011
NEJHE presents exclusive articles by New England's governors on higher education in their states ...
Last spring, 83% of Maine public high school students who began high school four years earlier received a diploma.
About 65% of those graduates likely enrolled in some form of postsecondary education—at a public university, private institution, community college or elsewhere.
A 2008 ...
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Walter Peterson, 1922-2011: New England Loses Another Giant
by John O. Harney
June 4, 2011
New Hampshire governor and longtime NEBHE delegate and chair, Walter Peterson died at age 88 on Wednesday, June 1.
Walter attended William and Mary College and the University of New Hampshire before serving as a naval officer in the Pacific theater of World War II. After the war, he graduated from Dartmouth College. ...
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Welcome to the Peterson Center: NEBHE Renames Boston Facility for Late NH Governor
by John O. Harney
July 24, 2012
NEBHE renamed its headquarters at 45 Temple Place in Boston, Mass., in honor of its former chair, the late New Hampshire Gov. Walter Rutherford Peterson.
A ceremony held July 23 at the NEBHE office featured remembrances by distinguished leaders of government and higher education around New ...
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