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Reducing Math Obstacles to Higher Education
by Tony Dreyfus and Yves Salomon-Fernandez
Math skills are critical in an increasingly high-skill, technological and global economy. But when math is viewed as a proxy for intelligence and academic ability, it becomes an impediment to further education, family-sustaining jobs and careers.
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Trying Times for “HEIs”
by John O. Harney
Higher education institutions (HEIs) face threats based on shifts in academic content and delivery (increasingly online), student demography (diversifying but shrinking) and institutional finances (challenged). NEJHE notes how a stream of news items from one week seemed to confirm HEI vulnerability.
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What Philanthropy’s Paradigm Shift Means for Higher Ed Fundraising
by George McCully
Philanthropy and higher ed are in "paradigm shifts." Philanthropy's was triggered by increasing technology and the spread of wealth to younger hands; higher ed's by a "failing business model."
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Collaborating on Tuition and Financial Aid Is Critical to the Region
by Gretchen Syverud
Some states pursue a "high-tuition-high-aid" model in which college tuition and state grant aid awards are higher than average. Others employ a "low-tuition-low-aid" model. New England tends to be marked by the model that is toughest on students and families: "high-tuition-low aid."
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Small Colleges Can Survive Despite Challenging Circumstances
by Maurits van Rooijen
Endowment-poor small colleges are discovering there is a limit to raising tuition prices. Prospective students no longer automatically line up to enroll. And once the “at risk” notice is up, the perceived deficiency becomes self-fulfilling. One solution: "cooperatives" of boutique universities.
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More History Please
by John O. Harney
We've enriched our website with the history of New England higher education and the economy. For the complete archive of back issues of The New England Journal of Higher Education (formerly Connection) in PDF format, please visit www.nebhe.org/nejhe/archives.
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The Journal
Rebranding STEM for Millennials
by Rebecca Eidelman
September 8, 2015
What if schools in the U.S. treated their innovation and emerging technologies with as much glamour as they give to athletics? At the New England Board of Higher Education’s...
Another Look at the Aims of Education
by Al DeCiccio
September 1, 2015
I was able to hear Stanley Fish speak at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in January 2004. Fish, a literary critic, had become dean of...
The New Role of Librarians and Libraries: Removing the Silence Signs
by Nancy Carriuolo and Tovah Reis
August 10, 2015
An increasing number of institutions are freeing up shelf space in their libraries and moving in student services as well as a coffee shop and other lures such as flexible seating...
Scholarship Group Unveils Policy Agenda With Heart
by John O. Harney
August 4, 2015
After nearly 60 years of helping students afford college, Scholarship America unveiled its first public policy agenda offering a refreshing focus on “advancing equity in postsecondary...
Brand-Building for Innovators
by Roger Sametz
July 27, 2015
Not too many years ago, a school’s brand just was. Few people used the “b” word. A college or university went about its business, became known for particular strengths and...
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Radio Higher Ed Puts a Finer Point on Student Loan Debt
by John O. Harney
August 26, 2015
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide a discussion of graduate student loan debt, particularly financing structures for graduate students,...
Interim Steady Hands in the Land of Steady Habits
by John O. Harney
August 25, 2015
Comings and Goings ... The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education named Mark Ojakian to be interim president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system,...
No More Shade of Gray in Connecticut
by John O. Harney
August 20, 2015
Comings and Goings ... Connecticut State Colleges & Universities President Gregory Gray sent the state's Board of Regents for Higher Education a one-sentence letter saying...
Accreditation: Will We Love It or Leave It or Reform it? A Radio Higher Ed Q&A
by John O. Harney
August 12, 2015
Through its partnership with RadioHigherEd.com, NEJHE is pleased to provide "Accreditation: Will We Love It or Leave It or Reform it?," a conversation with: Judith Eaton, president...
Moloney Appointed First Woman Chancellor of UMass Lowell
by John O. Harney
August 11, 2015
Moloney Comings and Goings ... The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees appointed UMass-Lowell executive vice chancellor and alumna Jacqueline Moloney to be the first...
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