Posts Tagged ‘NEBHE’
STEM Professional Development Opportunity: Help Students Solve Real-World Problems
by Nicole Schepker
October 10, 2013
In fall 2012, the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) was awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program for a project titled Advanced Manufacturing Problem Based Learning (AM PBL).
The project aims to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in New England ...
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NEBHE Unveils Advanced Manufacturing PBL Newsletter
by Nicole Schepker
April 16, 2013
NEBHE has published the first edition of its new Advanced Manufacturing Problem Based Learning (PBL) newsletter.
NEBHE was awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a New England-wide project titled Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Advanced Manufacturing: Transforming 21st Century Technician Education. Funding is provided through the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education ...
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To Go Where No One Has Gone Before: Hundreds Brave Storm to Join NEBHE in Recognizing Excellence
by John O. Harney
March 12, 2013
Despite a late-winter snowstorm, hundreds of New Englanders braved the snow to attend NEBHE's 11th New England Higher Education Excellence Awards celebration on Friday, March 8, at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf hotel.
Each year, NEBHE presents Regional Excellence Awards to individuals and organizations that have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education and the ...
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Credit Where It’s Due: NEBHE Survey Finds More Colleges Rewarding Prior Learning
by Monnica Chan
November 15, 2012
At least 117 of 259 nonprofit two- and four-year institutions in New England offer some sort of “prior learning assessment,” according to data collected by NEBHE for the 2013 Annual Guide to New England Colleges and Universities.
Institutions use student results on prior learning assessments to determine whether students’ education and professional experience warrant advance standing ...
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No Stinkin’ Badges? Mozilla’s Erin Knight on “Open Badges” (Video)
by John O. Harney
November 8, 2012
NEBHE held its University Unbound conference in Boston last month, bringing together more than 400 educators and opinion leaders to discuss how MOOCs and other innovations are disrupting higher education's hold on knowledge, instruction and credentialing. Here is some of what Mozilla's Erin Knight said about her "Open Badges" work—an alternative credentialing system allowing learners ...
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Titanic Diver Among New Englanders NEBHE Will Honor with 2013 Excellence Awards
by John O. Harney
October 31, 2012
University of Rhode Island oceanography professor Robert Ballard, known for the discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic, will be among luminaries recognized by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) in March 2013 at the regional organization's 11th annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards.
Each year, NEBHE presents ...
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“University Unbound” Rebounds: Can MOOCs Educate as well as Train?
by George McCully
October 26, 2012
In the days since NEBHE convened hundreds of educators and opinion leaders in Boston for the University Unbound conference, we've received a surge of reactions including this one from George McCully, founder of the Catalogue for Philanthropy.
NEBHE has begun focusing the attention of New England institutions on the MOOC movement, which will affect them ...
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Former NEBHE Prez Bob Weygand to Leave URI Position
by John O. Harney
October 19, 2012
Former NEBHE President and U.S. Congressman Robert A. Weygand will leave his position as the University of Rhode Island's vice president for administration and finance at the end of the fiscal year in June 2013.
"I will have served in this role for more than nine years, a long time by national standards," he said. "I ...
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Developing Story: A Forum on Improving Remedial Education
by John O. Harney
October 2, 2012
Why is remedial or developmental education such a hot issue? Partly because it costs time and money and casts doubt on the elementary and secondary education systems that we assume will prepare students for college.
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) explored solutions to the problem at a recent forum in Kennebunkport, Maine, called ...
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The 2013 Guide Arrives
by Wendy A. Lindsay
November 27, 2012
Announcing the 2013 Guide to New England Colleges and Universities!
The 2013 Guide to New England Colleges and Universities, produced by NEBHE in association with Boston magazine, lists key data for each college, such as: admissions application deadlines and acceptance rates; faculty-student ratio; enrollment totals and breakdowns for part-time, commuting, female, international and minority students; cost ...
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