The Journal

February 1, 2010

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 2010 NEJHE Articles Explore: Admissions Innovation to Help Applicants Flaunt Creativity, Ways to Close Achievement Gap Facing Boys, Tips on Finding Price and Value in College, Swirling Students and More Forum features Under Secretary Kanter, Jane Wellman, Jay Halfond on higher ed after the crash Winter 2010 will be final...

October 9, 2009

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 2009 New England Journal of Higher Education Unveils New Findings on Community Colleges and Students with Disabilities Forum features New England college presidents on higher ed cooperation Selected articles available to view and download from NEBHE website Contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, New England Jou...

July 13, 2009

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—The Summer 2009 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education features a Forum on President Obama's goal to make the U.S. the world leader in college degree attainment as well as commentaries exploring policy journalism in the new media age. Authors in this Forum include U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan...

April 10, 2009

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England's population continues to grow more slowly than the rest of the United States and though the region outperforms the nation on most indicators of "college readiness," New England's college costs still take a bigger bite out of family incomes than those in other regions, according to data in the Spring 2009 is...

January 16, 2009

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England colleges and universities are wrestling with financial challenges, old and new, against the backdrop of a deep recession, according to a Forum in the new Winter 2009 edition of The New England Journal of Higher Education. The Winter 2009 issue’s Forum on higher education finance includes the following a...

October 4, 2008

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England's colleges are increasingly "clean and green," according to a forum in the Fall 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE). The Fall 2008 issue, published this week, features a forum with articles examining today's efforts in New England higher education toward sustainability and pr...

July 21, 2008

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—Digital technology is transforming colleges, students and learning according to the Summer 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE). The Summer 2008 issue, published in July, features a "Going Digital" forum with articles examining today's "Digital Natives," the role of Web 2.0 technologies i...

April 5, 2008

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. ; BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment reached 887,000 in 2006, an increase of just one percent over 2005, according to the Spring 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education (NEJHE). Although the region beats the nation in high school graduation rates, the flow of students through the pipeline f...

January 1, 2008

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON – The new Winter 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education explores how New England colleges are expected to weather the impending demographic crisis, the controversy surrounding “ranksteering” – how colleges and universities use popular college rankings systems to influence students’ college cho...

September 24, 2007

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—The new Fall 2007 issue of The New England Journal of Higher Education features expert commentaries quantifying the return on public investment in higher education, exploring a central Massachusetts program in which college students support micro-enterprises in Worcester and Nicaragua and examining other key issues. ...

July 9, 2007

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—The New England Board of Higher Education has unveiled The New England Journal Of Higher Education, the interstate board’s “re-branded” quarterly journal of commentary and analysis from America’s higher education heartland. “New England’s historical leadership in higher education—as well as the new chal...

March 27, 2007

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment topped 875,000 in 2005, according to the Spring 2007 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. But nearly a quarter of New England public school students who begin ninth-grade will not graduate with their peers four years later, and 40 perc...

January 4, 2007

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON— The Winter 2007 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education features exclusive articles by U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and others on the work of the national Commission on the Future of Higher Education. In September 2006, the ...

September 22, 2006

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England could help boost U.S. competitiveness and spread democracy by recruiting more foreign students to U.S. colleges and universities, expanding and diversifying study abroad among U.S. students and heightening international awareness among all citizens in part by harnessing the cultural resource of America’s g...

July 11, 2006

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON— The Summer 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education features key articles on college readiness, campus diversity efforts and the impact of student loan debt, as well as a look at graduation rates at New England’s community colleges. Now in its 20th year, Connection is the ...

March 29, 2006

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment has grown to a record 868,220, but the region’s high school graduating classes will shrink over the next 10 years and fewer than half of those who do finish high school complete the necessary courses and master the skills to be considered “college-ready,” according to the S...

January 3, 2006

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—The Winter 2006 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education explores issues in “college readiness,” ranging from efforts to align K-12 standards with college admissions requirements to grassroots initiatives aimed at helping urban and rural populations prepare for and succeed in col...

September 28, 2005

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON— The Fall 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education marks NEBHE’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive interview with historian David Halberstam and a major timeline tracing half a century of events in New England education and economic and civic life. In addition, former Univ...

July 5, 2005

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s rich base of arts education programs, museums, symphonies and dance troupes not only enrich the region’s quality of life and generate significant revenue on their own, but also serve as midwives to a burgeoning “creative economy,” according to the Summer 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the...

April 4, 2005

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment reached a record-high 861,625 in 2003, the most recent year for which data are available, according to the Spring 2005 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. New England college enrollment has grown steadily since bottoming out...

January 3, 2005

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—Beyond their $20 billion in direct expenditures, New England colleges and universities power the regional economy by nurturing technology transfer in cutting-edge fields, educating the skilled workforce sought after by high-wage employers and rejuvenating urban and rural communities, according to the Winter 2005 i...

September 29, 2004

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s college presidents strike a delicate balance as they attempt to weigh in on major issues without alienating big financial donors or other campus constituencies, according to the Fall 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. The Fall issue of Connect...

July 12, 2004

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON— More students are arriving at college today with emotional issues than five years ago, and there has been dramatic growth in the severity of the problems, according to the Summer 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. “These students are creating a need for si...

March 30, 2004

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON—New England’s total college enrollment has grown to a record 849,000, despite rising college prices, according to the Spring 2004 “Trends & Indicators” issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. However, the number of people graduating from colleges with...

January 5, 2004

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. BOSTON -- The upcoming reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act could dramatically alter the relationship between the federal government and New England colleges and universities, according to the Winter 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, which focuses on federal high...

September 23, 2003

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 2003 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education Journal Connection Outlines Policies to Make College Affordable BOSTON -- State and federal agencies and colleges and universities could adopt a range of...

June 23, 2003

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 2003 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education Journal Connection Explores Region's Human Capital Future BOSTON -- A range of human capital challenges threaten New England's economic well-being, acc...

March 31, 2003

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 2003 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education Journal Connection Explores Trends & Indicators in New England Higher Education, 2003 More than 80 charts and tables detail trends in demography, c...

December 20, 2002

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 2003 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education Journal Connection Explores Collaboration BetweenBusiness and Higher Education William M. Bulger on Why Higher Education Is Not Just about th...

September 23, 2002

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 2002 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education's CONNECTION Explores Impacts of New England's Changing Demography BOSTON-New England is the slowest-growing region in America, thanks to an aging white ...

July 1, 2002

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 2002 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education's Connection Magazine Explores Issues in Campus Architecture BOSTON-New England college campuses face a host of new architectural issues from improving a...

April 1, 2002

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 2002 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org New England Board of Higher Education's Connection Magazine Details Trends & Indicators in Higher Education BOSTON-Just how high are New England college and university prices? What do New...

September 24, 2001

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 2001 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Who Will Teach? New England Board of Higher Education's Connection Magazine Explores Teacher Shortage BOSTON - Facing a shortage of qualified teachers, New England school districts are staffing...

July 6, 2001

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 2001 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Connection Magazine Explores How Campus Research Programs Spark Innovation and Serve Communities BOSTON - Six New England colleges and universities more than doubled their research and dev...

January 23, 2001

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 2001 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Colleges and Communities: Connection Magazine Explores Complex Housing Issues in New England's College Towns-and Cities New England Board of Higher Education's quarterly journal looks at v...

October 13, 2000

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 2000 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Susan Martin, Assistant Editor Help Wanted! Connection Magazine Explores New England's Labor Squeeze Writing in New England Board of Higher Education's Connection magazine, Northeastern Univ...

June 12, 2000

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 2000 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Connection Magazine Looks at Initiatives to Break Down Barriers to College; Features Commentaries on Global Warming, Student Activism, Charter Colleges, Charitable Tax Deductions BOSTON-Inn...

January 4, 2000

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 1999 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org January 5, 2000 Access to College Is about More than Money, according to Noted New England Journal Writing in New England Board of Higher Education's Connection magazine, Northeastern Univ...

September 22, 1999

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1999 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org September 22, 1999 Connection Explores Region's Economy, Community, Demography What do immigration, urban sprawl and college enrollment have in common? They are among a host of demograph...

May 28, 1999

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1999 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org May 28, 1999 Connection Explores Regional Policy Priorities, Features Mock Race for Governor of "State of New England" New England Board of Higher Education's Connection magazine featur...

December 17, 1998

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 1998 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Boston Fed Chief Outlines Workforce Development Challenges in noted New England Journal New England Board of Higher Education's Connection magazine features articles on workforce development, ...

September 15, 1998

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1998 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, Connection 617.357.9620 email: connection@nebhe.org Arts Make Mighty Impact on New England, but Face Critical Challenges, according to noted New England Journal New issue of New England Board of Higher Education's Connection magazine featur...

June 2, 1998

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. June 2, 1998 Key New England Journal Explores College Financing, Higher Education's Economic Impact, "Town-Gown" Relations • New issue of New England Board of Higher Education's Connection magazine features major articles on student subsidies and erosion of need-based student aid • Economic impact of New...

October 1, 1997

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Fall 1997 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org BOSTON — Noting that the relative economic health of the New England higher education enterprise is often difficult to discern, a key regional journal has l...

July 1, 1997

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1990 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org BOSTON — The proliferation of the Internet and advances in technologies such as desktop video will increasingly enable New England students to pursue co...

April 2, 1997

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1997 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org June 14, 1997 Journal Explores New England's Knowledge Economy BOSTON — Federal and state education, training and research policies will have a prof...

October 1, 1996

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1990 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org BOSTON — New England's export-dependent economy and magnetic attraction for foreign students are parts of a single process of internationalization that ...

July 1, 1996

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Aug. 2, 1996 John O. Harney, Editor (617) 357-9620 Regional Journal Sees Growing Role for New England Think Tanks as Policy Spotlight Shifts from Washington to States BOSTON — New England's public policy "think tanks" will rise in stature as government responsibilities devolve from Washington, D.C., to state capitals, ...

April 2, 1996

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1996 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org March 29, 1996 BOSTON — Responsibility for financing higher education in New England is steadily shifting to students and families, according to a se...

October 12, 1995

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Oct. 12, 1995 BOSTON — New England is an international powerhouse in business and management education, but continuing reform is needed if the region's B-schools and management programs are to prepare leaders for the 21st century, according to a series of articles to be published next week in CONNECTION: NEW ENGLAND'S JOURN...

April 2, 1995

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1995 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

January 2, 1995

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1995 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

July 1, 1994

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1994 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Aug. 27, 1994 BOSTON — The telecommunications revolution promises to liberate students, workers and others from the constraints of time and space, wh...

March 26, 1994

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1994 BOSTON — As New England appears poised to emerge from the economic thicket, the region's colleges and universities and their students continue to face fierce financial pressures, according to a series of articles to be published next week in CONNECTION: NEW ENGLAND'S JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC ...

August 19, 1993

Aug. 16, 1993 BOSTON — New England college graduates face an array of job-market pressures once thought of exclusively as the problems of less educated workers, according to a series of articles to be published later this week in CONNECTION: NEW ENGLAND'S JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CONNECTION...

January 2, 1993

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1993 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org BOSTON -- New England universities are losing ground in the battle for research dollars, with their share of total R&D funds nationwide falling 14 percent...

April 2, 1992

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring/Summer 1992 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal o...

January 2, 1992

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1992 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

July 1, 1991

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1991 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

April 2, 1991

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1991 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

January 2, 1991

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1991 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

July 1, 1990

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1990 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

April 2, 1990

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1990 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

January 2, 1990

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1990 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

July 1, 1989

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1989 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

April 2, 1989

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1989 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

January 2, 1989

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1989 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

July 1, 1988

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1998 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

April 2, 1988

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1988 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

January 2, 1988

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter 1988 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

July 1, 1987

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer/Fall 1987 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of ...

April 2, 1987

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring/Summer 1987 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal o...

January 2, 1987

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Winter/Spring 1987 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal o...

July 1, 1986

Click to view and download this issue in PDF format. Summer 1986 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...

April 2, 1986

Click the cover image to view and download this issue in PDF format. Spring 1986 For more information, contact: John O. Harney, Executive Editor, The New England Journal of Higher Education 617.533.9501 jharney [at] nebhe [dot] org Published from 1986 to 2007 as Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, and from 2007 to 2010 as The New England Journal of Highe...