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Nejhe Urban Interventions N JOSEPH M The NEW ENGLAND THE NEW JOURNAL ENGLAND OF HIGHERJOURNAL EDUCATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION Trends & Indicators in Higher Education 2009 COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS Thriving Through Recession n ROGER GOODMAN Many Sizes Fit All n EPHRAIM WEISSTEIN AND DAVID JACOBSON Needed in School Teaching: A Few Good Men SPRING 2009 VOLUME XXIII, NO. 5 n VALORA WASHINGTON www.nebhe.org/nejhe Urban Interventions n JOSEPH M. CRONIN New England’s State of College Readiness n ROXANNA P. MENSON, THANOS PATELIS AND ARTHUR DOYLE TWO VERMON T COLLEGES LOOK T O BOOS T ST UDEN T RE T EN T ION Creating a Retention Quilt n ALBERT DECICCIO, ANNE HOPKINS GROSS AND KAREN GROSS First-Generation, Low-Income Students n DONNA DALTON, CAROL A. MOORE AND ROBERT WHITTAKER FORUM Internationalization Campuses Abroad: Next Frontier or Bubble? n MADELEINE F. GREEN Reaching Beyond Elite International Students n PAUL LEBLANC Academic Culture Shock n KARA A. GODWIN MOUs: A Kyoto Protocol? n MICHAEL E. LESTZ Extra Step for Study Abroad n KERALA TAYLOR AND NICHOLAS FITZHUGH Water of Life n ANTHONY ZUENA COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS FROM THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Which Road Would You Choose? Possible Success Success Available (All Traffic MUST Exit) Next 4 Exits Exit 1 Exit 2 Exit 3 Exit 4 Exit 1 Four-Year Two-Year Professional More Four-Year College College College Training Destinations Graduating from a four-year college is an important goal, but should it be the only goal? The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is investigating this and other questions through our Pathways to Higher Learning initiative. We’re exploring the creation of multiple pathways to a variety of postsecondary options, and examining how it may help learners achieve success in ways that work best for them. We’re also focusing on reducing dropout rates by improving student retention. By exploring different routes to success, and by plugging the leaks in our educational pipeline, we hope to increase the likelihood that all learners reach their desired destination. For more information on the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, please visit www.nmefdn.org. 1250 Hancock Street, Suite 205N • Quincy, MA 02169-4331 Tel. 781-348-4200 • Fax 781-348-4299 HEFAad_fullPGv2 3/13/09 4:26 PM Page 1 MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY EFFICIENT. EFFECTIVE. EXPERIENCED. LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE. HEFA has been providing low-cost, tax-exempt financing to nonprofit institutions for more than 40 years. Our staff of experienced industry veterans assists nonprofits in cost-effectively completing important projects of construction, renovation, equipment purchases, and debt refunding. In these trying economic times, HEFA helps nonprofits to thrive so they can continue to provide the services that enrich the lives of everyone in Massachusetts. HEFA is fully self-funded and receives no state or tax-payer dollars. Visit us at mhefa.org to find out how we do it. 99 Summer Street, Suite 1000, Boston MA 02110-1240 T 617.737.8377 F 617.737.8366 Toll Free 888.662.HEFA THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION Cover photo by Mike Harney. www.nebhe.org/nejhe COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS 13 Thriving Through Recession How good financial management can help colleges and universities survive the downturn, emerge more nimble and fuel overall economic recovery. n ROGER GOODMAN 15 Many Sizes Fit All To increase the number of young people with the skills to succeed in the 21st century, we need “multiple pathways” to high-quality postsecondary options. n EPHRAIM WEISSTEIN AND DAVID JACOBSON 18 Needed in School Teaching: A Few Good Men The number of male teachers is at a 40-year low for reasons ranging from fear of abuse allegations to low pay. A Cambridge, Mass., institute offers ways to close the gender gap in teaching. n VALORA WASHINGTON 20 Urban Interventions Universities have contributed thousands of hours to trying to help Boston schools improve. With what effect? n JOSEPH M. CRONIN 22 New England’s State of College Readiness The College Board’s indicators of academic knowledge and skills, success in college-level courses, SAT performance and college and career planning, viewed together, paint a picture of college readiness. n ROXANNA P. MENSON, THANOS PATELIS AND ARTHUR DOYLE TWO VERMON T COLLEGES LOOK T O BOOS T ST UDEN T RE T EN T ION 24 Creating a Retention Quilt Southern Vermont College uses tools ranging from discussion of Robert Frost to fireside chats to create a learning community. n ALBERT DECICCIO, ANNE HOPKINS GROSS AND KAREN GROSS 26 First-Generation, Low-Income Students Lyndon State College advances strategies to bolster the first- to second-year retention rate of first-generation, low-income students. n DONNA DALTON, CAROL A. MOORE AND ROBERT WHITTAKER 2 NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Vol. XXIII, No. 5 Spring 2009 FORUM: INTERNATIONALIZATION SPECIAL REPORT THE NEW EN GLA N D JOUR N AL OF HIGHER EDUCA T IO N asks experts to explore 33 Trends & Indicators in issues and debates in the internationalization of higher education. Higher Education, 2009 28 Campuses Abroad: Next Frontier or Bubble? 34 Index of Figures n MADELEINE F. GREEN 35 Demography 37 High School Success 29 Reaching Beyond Elite International Students n PAUL LEBLANC 39 College Readiness 40 College Access 30 Academic Culture Shock n KARA A. GODWIN 48 College Success 53 Financing Higher Education 31 MOUs: A Kyoto Protocol? n MICHAEL E. LESTZ 58 University Research 32 Extra Step for Study Abroad n KERALA TAYLOR AND NICHOLAS FITZHUGH 32 Water of Life n ANTHONY ZUENA DEPARTMENTS 5 Editor’s Memo 9 Message from the President 11 Message from the Chair Spring in Our Step New England 2025 The Community’s Colleges n JOHN O. HARNEY n MICHAEL K. THOMAS n JOAN MENARD 6 Short Courses THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION SPRING 2009 3 Helping your Aetna Navigator® students make Secure Member Website informed decisions Your students can access easy-to-understand online information about their claims and health — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students can access resources that can help them make informed choices. 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Material subject to change. *Strategic Health Care Communications’ eHealthcare Leadership Awards program, 12th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference. http://www.strategichealthcare.com/awards/. 15.12.102.1 THE EDITOR’S MEMO NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF Spring in Our Step HIGHER EDUCATION his issue of THE NEW EN GLA N D JOUR N AL OF HIGHER EDUCA T IO N has two main foci. One is the journal’s annual special report on “Trends & Indicators in Higher THE NEW EN GLA N D JOUR N AL OF HIGHER EDUCA T IO N Education.” The other is our Forum on the relationship of New England higher (formerly CO nn EC T IO N ) is published five times a year T education to a world it once sat atop. by the New England Board of Higher Education, 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111-1325 New England’s daily papers offer a drumbeat of recession … pink slips … a spike in Phone: 617.357.9620 Fax: 617.338.1577 families seeking free and reduced-price school lunches … a dive in high-priced business Email: [email protected] lunches … a rise in professors and others taking pay cuts to save the jobs of co-workers … an up-tick in out-of-work professionals buskering in the Boston subways … more Vol. XXIII, No. 5 Spring 2009 pink slips. ISSN: 1938-5978 NEJHE’S trends report, on the other hand, offers a baseline. Ours is a longer-term, Copyright © 2009 by the New England Board quantitative check on where higher education stands, or stood, before the economic of Higher Education. crash gutted university endowments by 30% or more [see Roger Goodman on “Thriving Publisher: Michael K. Thomas Through Recession,” p. 13], but also before recent stimulus legislation promised a needed Executive Editor: John O. Harney federal boost to scientific research and financial aid funds. Managing Editor: Charlotte Stratton Our trends data, rich as usual, are complemented this year with a thought-provoking Editorial Assistant: Amanda Silvia Editorial Intern: Alyssa Franzosa typology of “multiple pathways” to success and College Board measures of college readiness, among other features.
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