Posts Tagged ‘NEBHE’
No Vacancy (Survey, That Is)
by John O. Harney
May 15, 2012
NEBHE conducted a Student Vacancy Survey every spring from 1960 to 2009 as a public service for New England residents still looking for college space as of the traditional May 1 admissions deadline and as a measure of college application trends.
A few years ago, we determined to ease out of the vacancy survey ...
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NEBHE Bites Into the Core
by John O. Harney
September 30, 2011
The federal No Child Left Behind law of 2002 left it to states to establish their own academic standards and assessment systems. Those standards vary across the country in rigor and quality. Yet as former Maine Commissioner of Education Susan A. Gendron noted in March 2010: "What is different about mathematics in Maine from California? ...
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New England Works: NEBHE to Convene Leadership Summit on Bridging Higher Ed, Workforce
by NEBHE Staff
September 6, 2011
NEBHE will bring together hundreds of New England higher education, government and business leaders on Monday, Nov. 7, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to discuss the role of higher education in preparing the highly skilled workers that will drive innovation in the region.
Presenters and panelists at the New England ...
Read MoreTags: Association of American Colleges and Universities, Dannel Malloy, Events, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, higher education, Jane Oates, Jobs for the Future, NEBHE, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New England Board of Higher Education, Nicholas C. Donohue, Sheldon Whitehouse, skilled labor | No Comments
NEBHE’s 2011 Excellence Awards Approaching
by NEBHE Admin
March 7, 2011
NEBHE will hold its 9th annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards Dinner on Friday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston.
Join NEBHE and hundreds of New England's business, education, government and nonprofit leaders to celebrate the best in New England higher education!
Awardees will include:
The Hon. Patrick J. Leahy, ... Read MoreTags: #NEBHEawards, excellence awards, Media Advisory, NEBHE, twitter | No Comments
STEM PBL Enters Arizona
by John O. Harney
October 15, 2010
Members of NEBHE's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) PBL (Problem Based Learning) project recently visited Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., to film solar-energy production sites. The film will become part of a multimedia case study for use in high school and college classrooms. The STEM PBL project is funded by the Advanced ...
Read MoreTags: Arizona, Fenna Hanes, NEBHE, Problem-based learning, solar energy, STEM | No Comments
Risky Business?
by Wendy A. Lindsay
October 14, 2010
Business professionals interested in learning how to better identify and manage financial risk can turn to a new master’s program in Financial Risk Management at the University of Connecticut.
The program's location in Stamford, Conn., provides students with the opportunity to interact with finance professionals in Stamford and New York. Not only that, residents of Maine, ...
Read MoreTags: NEBHE, New England, Regional Student Program, Stamford, tuition break, University of Connecticut, Wendy A. Lindsay | No Comments
Reward Excellence! NEBHE Seeks Nominations for Annual Awards
by Shoshana Akins
July 1, 2010
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) is pleased to announce its ninth annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards.
Four regional excellence awards will be presented to individuals and organizations from higher education, government and business sectors who exemplify excellence in higher education in one or more of the following areas: leadership, innovation, diversity, ...
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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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