Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute named MIT Provost Martin Schmidt as its 19th president, succeeding Shirley Ann Jackson, who has led the upstate New York university since 1999. ...
The University of New Haven appointed Yeshiva University Vice Provost Danielle Wozniak as the Connecticut institution's next provost and vice president of academic affairs. ... President Biden appointed New Hampshire College and University Council CEO Mike Vlacich as the U.S. Small Business Administration's Region 1 administrator, serving the six New England states. ... And we sadly say farewell to some key NEBHE staff members and frequent NEJHE contributors . ... See more on these and other changes in NEJHE's "Comings and Goings" tally of new appointments in New England higher ed and beyond.
Pictured: Martin Schmidt
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NEBHE is looking to hire a Director of Policy & Research ... someone who can anticipate emerging issues, interpret policy developments, develop research reports, presentations and best practice tools for postsecondary education leaders, state policymakers and the public ... and direct NEBHE's policy team. See full position description here.
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Thirteen New England higher education institutions have signed on to NEBHE's new North Star Collective (NSC), a multi-institutional collaborative to boost Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) early-career faculty at the region's colleges and universities. NEBHE was also awarded a $20,000 grant from the Hildreth Stewart Charitable Foundation to support the development and implementation of a key part of the program: the NSC Faculty Fellowship. Built on a Reparative Justice Framework, NEBHE developed the NSC to restore, nourish and uplift BIPOC faculty in the region and support leaders as they transform institutions around racial equity.
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ICYMI from The New England Journal of Higher Education
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With so much economic development rhetoric boosting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, we mustn't forget the more qualitative matters of the humanities. "If we do not determine why we are dissecting a body, accelerating particles or creating software, we fail our students, our colleagues, our fellow citizens," writes Renaissance scholar Touba Ghadessi, the associate provost for academic administration and faculty affairs at Wheaton College and chair of the board of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. She notes that the National Endowment for the Humanities is one of the most economically beneficial of all federal programs, returning at least $5 for every dollar it spends. "This argument alone should end any discussion regarding the necessity and the validity of investing in the humanities," writes Ghadessi. Never mind the soul-satisfying value of reading a good novel, watching a captivating theater production or studying a fine painting.
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The relationship between liberal learning and effective action has become increasingly important for educators in the U.S. over the past several decades, says Richard Freeland, distinguished professor at Northeastern University. The former Northeastern president and Massachusetts commissioner of higher education offers his thoughts on "experiential" education in a piece drawn from his recent talk to the WACE Chief Academic Officer Colloquium. "Experiential education has taken many forms, from clinical work in health and medical education, to practice teaching for future educators, to cooperative education in engineering and business," explains Freeland. "College graduates whose programs include some form of experiential education are far readier for the workplace than those whose preparation is limited to classroom study." And employers know it.
Pictured: Richard Freeland
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