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Connection Directory Cover Years 20of C ONNECTION CONNECTION THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Annual Directory of VOLUME XXI NUMBER 3 New England Colleges DIRECTORY 2007 & Universities 2007 $20.00 Inside: • Listings of 270 New England Colleges and Universities • Hundreds of Degree Programs with NEBHE’s Tuition Break! • Financial Aid Resources for New England College Students • New England’s Schools of Law and Medicine Yes. They’re exchanging phone numbers. But not the ones College is the perfect place to meet new people. It’s also a great place to learn good networking skills. Starting with knowing the right bank to call when you you think. need a student loan. At Bank of America, we’ve been helping students achieve their dream of a higher education for generations. Our Student Loan Specialists will help you choose the loan that’s right for you from a wide variety of flexible options –including a fast approval process and easy repayment terms. 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STU-94-AD At TERI, we believe that education is the key to prosperity and well-being for individuals and society. • Helping students and families pay for their education • Promoting access to higher education in our community • Fostering partnerships and reforms to ensure that a college education is achievable for all 1.800.255.TERI • www.teri.org Volume XXI, No. 3 CONNECTION Directory 2007 THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Annual Directory of New England Colleges & Universities 2007 STATE-BY-STATE INSTITUTIONAL LISTINGS 30 How to Use CONNECTION’S 2007 Directory of New England Colleges & Universities 35 Connecticut Institutions 53 Maine Institutions Cover photo: Yale University cover photo by Michael Marsland 67 Massachusetts Institutions DEPARTMENTS 109 New Hampshire Institutions 5 Editor’s Memo 121 Rhode Island Institutions Charlotte Stratton 127 Vermont Institutions 7 Message from the President Evan S. Dobelle 137 New England’s Schools of Law and Medicine 10 About the New England Board of Higher Education 145 Index of Institutions TUITION SAVINGS 148 Index of Advertisers AND FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION 17 The New England Board of Higher Education’s Tuition Break for New England Residents 22 Financial Aid Opportunities for New England Students Wendy A. Lindsay CONNECTION DIRECTORY 2007 3 Will New England have too few college graduates by the year 2020? That's the question answered in a ground-breaking new study commissioned by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and conducted by a team of experts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Connecticut. The answer, and what it means for the region's prosperity, and levels of educational access and attainment, is examined in “New England 2020”. To read “New England 2020”, visit www.nmefdn.org 1250 Hancock Street, Suite 205N • Quincy, MA 02169-4331 Tel. 781-348-4200 • Fax 781-348-4299 EDITOR’S MEMO CONNECTION his edition of CONNECTION’S ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES is the 38th guide to New England higher Teducation institutions published by the New England Board of CONNECTION: THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD Higher Education (NEBHE). The 2007 edition provides readers with a OF HIGHER EDUCATION is published five times a year thorough overview of our region’s most valuable resource—its 270 colleges by the New England Board of Higher Education, and universities. 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111-1305 Phone: 617.357.9620 Fax: 617.338.1577 The revered diversity of America’s higher education institutions is on full Email: [email protected] view here, albeit in abbreviated form. New England’s two-year community and technical colleges, long-established land-grant institutions, traditional Vol. XXI, No. 3 Directory 2007 ISSN 0895-6405 liberal arts colleges, world-famous research universities and professional Copyright © 2006 by the New England Board schools all offer pathways to empowerment and success for our students, of Higher Education. while they generate tremendous economic energy and serve as irreplace- Publisher: Evan S. Dobelle able cultural assets to our communities. Executive Editor: John O. Harney College-bound students and their families will find useful information Senior Director of Communications herein on each of New England’s degree-granting colleges and universities, and Directory Editor: Charlotte Stratton Staff Contributor: Wendy A. Lindsay including tuition and room and board charges and a summary of admissions Design and Production: tpgcreative, Boston, MA information, deadlines and fees. With its thousands of names and titles of key campus administrators and Back Issues: Back issues of CONNECTION are accessible on the World Wide Web at its institution-specific data on campus benchmarks ranging from enrollment to www.nebhe.org/connectionarchives. Hard copies endowment value, the directory is also a must-have reference tool for policy- of regular issues may be purchased from NEBHE makers, educators, CEOs and elected officials in New England and beyond. for $3.95 each; annual directory issue, $20. College-bound students and others can also learn here how to receive a For advertising information, contact substantial break on college tuition. NEBHE’s “Tuition Break” program Charlotte Stratton at [email protected]. saved 8,300 participating students more than $45 million in tuition last CONNECTION is printed in New England. academic year. See pages 17-19 for more information on this Tuition Break. In addition, a guide to the financial aid process and traditional grant and CONNECTION is indexed and abstracted in EBSCOhost’s loan programs available to New England students appears on pages 22–28. Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier and Professional Development Collection, and indexed in The information in the college listings sections of CONNECTION’S 2007 the MLA International Bibliography and ERIC’s Current DIRECTORY is derived from a NEBHE survey of New England colleges and Index to Journals in Education. universities that was conducted in the late summer and fall of 2006. As always, we thank the hundreds of campus officials who worked with us to The New England Board of Higher Education is a nonprofit, congressionally authorized, interstate submit survey responses and make this resource complete. agency whose mission For a deeper analysis of higher education issues and trends, look to is to promote greater NEBHE’s quarterly, CONNECTION: THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF educational opportunities and services for the HIGHER EDUCATION. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary as America’s only residents of New England. regional journal on higher education, CONNECTION offers vital data, NEBHE was established by compelling features and expert commentary on subjects ranging from the New England Higher Education Compact, a 1955 New England’s changing demography to higher education access and agreement among the workforce development. states of Connecticut, To receive CONNECTION and stay abreast of important higher education Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. news and analysis, become a Friend of NEBHE. For a small contribution, Friends of NEBHE receive four quarterly issues of Chair: Mary R. Cathcart, Senior Policy Fellow, CONNECTION plus the 2007 ANNUAL DIRECTORY and other valuable Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center benefits, including CONNECTION’S Campus Newslink, a biweekly email digest President: Evan S. Dobelle featuring links to the latest news and events from New England’s 270 colleges and universities. For more information, visit us at www.nebhe.org/friends. CONNECTION Editorial Advisory Board Finally, a proposition to our readers: in the coming months, the Cathryn Addy CONNECTION staff will be exploring ways to bring the valuable information President, Tunxis Community College contained in this directory to the web. We are especially interested in your Katherine Sloan President, Massachusetts College of Art comments and suggestions. So please drop us an email at Robert Whitcomb [email protected] and let us know how an online incarnation of Vice President and Editorial Pages Editor, CONNECTION’S ANNUAL DIRECTORY could better serve you and your colleagues. Providence Journal That’s what we’re here for. Ralph Whitehead Jr. Public Service Professor, University of Massachusetts Robert L. Woodbury Charlotte Stratton is NEBHE’s senior director of communications Former Chancellor, University of Maine System and editor of CONNECTION’s ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. CONNECTION DIRECTORY 2007 5 Sustainable building goals can be achieved in a cost effective approach. Gilbane’s LEED® professionals will guide your project towards achieving “sensible sustainability.” 800.GILBANE www.gilbaneco.com Building More Than Buildings ® Building Sustainability our responsibility Boston, MA Glastonbury, CT Manchester, NH Providence, RI MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A Directory of Readiness EVAN S. DOBELLE ost good jobs formerly open to smart, ambitious high school graduates now require a college degree. Each year, fewer avenues to success exist for those Mwho haven’t attended college. Yet, New England lags in making higher education available to all groups, particularly minority and lower-income students. If we are to be “college ready” and “world ready,” we must ensure that more of our residents continue their educations beyond high school and earn associate, bachelor’s or graduate degrees.
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