Posts Tagged ‘University of Massachusetts’
Among Comings & Goings: Delta Cost Project Will Dissolve, but its Work on Higher Ed Spending Will Go On
by John O. Harney
November 29, 2011
After five years bringing attention to how colleges spend money, the Delta Cost Project will dissolve in 2012. On Jan. 1, the database portion of its work will become part of the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS data-collection and communication work. The project's analysis and communication about revenue and spending trends will shift to the ...
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UMass Names Towson U’s Caret as Prez; Former NEBHE Chair Menard Hired as VP at Bristol CC
by John O. Harney
January 14, 2011
The University of Massachusetts selected Robert Caret, president of Towson University, to succeed Jack M. Wilson as head of the five-campus university.
A chemist with degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Suffolk University, Caret will need to concoct an effective potion for UMass, which the Boston Globe described as "struggling to climb into ...
Read MoreTags: Bristol Community College, Charles Bantz, Jack M. Wilson, John O. Harney, Massachusetts Legislature, Phillip Clay, Robert Caret, Suffolk University, Townson University, University of Massachusetts, University of New Hampshire | No Comments
Honoring David Knapp
by John O. Harney
June 9, 2010
The University of Massachusetts will honor the late David C. Knapp on Saturday, June 26 at 4 p.m. at the UMass Boston Campus Center.
Knapp died April 13. He served as UMass president from 1978 to 1990 and chaired NEBHE from 1998 to 2000.
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