Posts Tagged ‘New England Board of Higher Education’
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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Trends & Indicators: International Enrollment
by Journal Staff
July 9, 2012
Updated July 2012
New England colleges and universities enrolled nearly 59,000 foreign students in 2011—more than three times as many as they did in 1980, according to data from the New York City-based Institute of International Education.
New England campuses attract 8.1% of all foreign students who enrolled in the United States.
Figure INT 1: ...
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Trends & Indicators: Demography
by Journal Staff
May 3, 2012
Updated May 2012 ...
The six-state New England region's population grew by a sluggish 3.8% between 2000 and 2010—while the nation's as a whole grew by 9.7%, according to U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 population figures released in December.
Among other highlights:
• United Van Lines, the nation’s largest household goods mover, classified four of the six New England ...
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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 ...
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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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Pooling Resources
by John O. Harney
March 29, 2011
From academic resources to insurance, NEBHE has been finding economies of scale for more than a half-century.
NEBHE recently began offering New England campuses a comprehensive property insurance program tailored specifically to higher education at costs that have consistently been below industry trends.
Established in 1994 by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, this Master Property ...
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New England 2025: NEBHE Launches College-Completion Dashboards
by NEBHE Admin
March 1, 2011
NEBHE launched the first phase of its college-completion project, New England 2025.
Supported with a Lumina Foundation grant and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, NEBHE's Department of Policy and Research built a series of state-level "dashboards" and models that can examine college completion and various metrics with new levels of sophistication.
These models allow ...
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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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