1955: NEBHE was established to implement the New England Higher Education Compact and foster cooperation among the region’s colleges and universities.
1957: NEBHE established the New England Regional Student Program (RSP), enabling New England students to pay a lower tuition rate at out-of-state public land-grant universities within New England if they pursue certain academic programs that are not offered by their home state’s public institutions. The RSP would invite community and technical colleges in 1967 and state colleges in 1972, and later transition to the name Tuition Break.
1979: NEBHE created the Commission on Higher Education and the Economy of New England.
1986: NEBHE began publishing its quarterly journal, Connection: New England’s Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development. In 2007, the journal was rebranded as The New England Journal of Higher Education, and in 2010, moved entirely online.
1993: NEBHE created the New England Technical Education Partnership, bringing together educators and industry professionals.
2002: NEBHE initiated a series of three conferences addressing challenges in workforce development, culminating in a policy report titled Building Human Capital: A New England Strategy, which recommends steps to improve science and math teaching in New England schools, expand adult literacy programs and reform community colleges.
2003: NEBHE launched the New England Higher Education Excellence Awards to honor New England individuals and organizations who show exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education, public policy or the advancement of educational opportunity.
2015: NEBHE launched the New England component of the national State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). NEBHE now coordinates SARA for all six New England states, as well as New York and New Jersey.
2017: NEBHE launched the Commission on Higher Education & Employability, chaired by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.
2018: Lumina Foundation awarded NEBHE a grant to launch High Value Credentials for New England (HVCNE) in partnership with Credential Engine. As part of HVCNE, higher education institutions and other credential providers across the region are publishing credentials awarded in four areas (life-/bioscience, health, IT, and business & finance) to the Credential Registry, a cloud-based library that houses, organizes, and links credential information.
england, board, higher, education, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, th. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources New England Board of Higher Education news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The New England Board of Higher Education NEBHE is an interstate compact that was founded in 1955 by six New England governors NEBHE was approved by New England s six state legislatures and authorized by the U S Congress NEBHE serves the six New England states Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont The New England Board of Higher EducationFounded1955TypeInterstate CompactFocusHigher EducationLocationBoston MassachusettsArea servedNew EnglandWebsitewww nebhe org Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory Edit1955 NEBHE was established to implement the New England Higher Education Compact and foster cooperation among the region s colleges and universities 1957 NEBHE established the New England Regional Student Program RSP enabling New England students to pay a lower tuition rate at out of state public land grant universities within New England if they pursue certain academic programs that are not offered by their home state s public institutions The RSP would invite community and technical colleges in 1967 and state colleges in 1972 and later transition to the name Tuition Break 1979 NEBHE created the Commission on Higher Education and the Economy of New England 1986 NEBHE began publishing its quarterly journal Connection New England s Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development In 2007 the journal was rebranded as The New England Journal of Higher Education and in 2010 moved entirely online 1993 NEBHE created the New England Technical Education Partnership bringing together educators and industry professionals 2002 NEBHE initiated a series of three conferences addressing challenges in workforce development culminating in a policy report titled Building Human Capital A New England Strategy which recommends steps to improve science and math teaching in New England schools expand adult literacy programs and reform community colleges 2003 NEBHE launched the New England Higher Education Excellence Awards to honor New England individuals and organizations who show exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education public policy or the advancement of educational opportunity 2015 NEBHE launched the New England component of the national State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement SARA NEBHE now coordinates SARA for all six New England states as well as New York and New Jersey 2017 NEBHE launched the Commission on Higher Education amp Employability chaired by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo 2018 Lumina Foundation awarded NEBHE a grant to launch High Value Credentials for New England HVCNE in partnership with Credential Engine As part of HVCNE higher education institutions and other credential providers across the region are publishing credentials awarded in four areas life bioscience health IT and business amp finance to the Credential Registry a cloud based library that houses organizes and links credential information See also EditNational Student Exchange Midwestern Higher Education Compact Southern Regional Education Board Western Interstate Commission for Higher EducationReferences EditExternal links EditNew England Board of Higher Education Website The New England Journal of Higher Education NEBHE s RSP Tuition Break Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New England Board of Higher Education amp oldid 1179628724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
