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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”.
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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.
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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. NEBHE and the six New England states have recently launched an exciting regional effort called College Ready New England. The approximately 270 institutions listed in this, the 38th edition of CONNECTION’s Annual Directory of New England Colleges and Universities, are both contributors to and beneficiaries of this new regional initiative. College Ready New England aims to increase the numbers of students who College Ready graduate from high school prepared for college and then go on to earn college degrees. To achieve this goal, NEBHE has joined forces with New England’s governors, education commissioners and state higher education officers to share the best ideas and most successful methods for preparing more students, young and old, New England for college success. College Ready New England will also develop marketing campaigns targeted at students who face the most difficulty entering and succeeding in college. New campaigns will impress upon these students and their parents the will expand the value of a college degree in today’s job market and give them the resources to navigate through available options. The colleges and universities in this directory are contributors to the College higher education Ready New England effort because their faculty and staff are the region’s greatest resource in improving education and encouraging students to prepare for college. The expertise residing on our college campuses can inform and strengthen pre-K-12 horizons of teaching and help a new generation of educators spark a love for learning in younger students and adults. One excellent example of this dynamic may be found in Worcester, Mass., where Clark University students and faculty are energizing all New England neighborhood schools with the latest innovations in teaching and learning. Colleges are also contributors to this effort in another way. No professional marketing staff can do as much to stir a passion for learning in young people as can residents. dedicated college students enlisted to serve as ambassadors for higher learning. For example, University of Connecticut admissions officers have successfully involved diverse students in calling prospective students of color who are ambivalent about enrolling. Students listen to their peers. The colleges and universities in this directory are also beneficiaries of College Ready New England because their future absolutely depends upon a flowing pipeline of college-ready students (and New England’s future depends, in turn, upon the vitality of its higher education enterprise both as a key industry and as the source of tomorrow’s skilled workers). The region’s elite colleges draw from a global pool of students, and the presence of these international students enriches our campuses and their communities. In New England’s own cities and rural villages, however, we can also find thousands of educationally underserved students headed for passionless jobs and no careers. We cannot leave these students behind. College Ready New England will expand the higher education horizons of all New England residents in the years to come. This directory is not only a convenient one-stop reference tool for all college-bound students—high-school seniors, potential graduate students and adult learners—who are planning for college and conducting a college search. It is a directory of readiness.
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Critical Analysis, Controversial participation of groups that have Issues, Tomorrow’s News … been traditionally underrepresent- ed in STEM disciplines in academia CONNECTION:THE JOURNAL OF THE and industry—particularly African- NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Now in its 20th year of publication, CONNECTION:THE JOURNAL Southeast Asians. OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION is America’s ETD’s Annual Science Network program, co-sponsored only regional journal on higher education and economic by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, brings together development. Each quarter, CONNECTION offers expert analysis hundreds of high school, undergraduate and graduate students and hard-hitting commentaries on issues ranging from higher interested in STEM disciplines to meet with academic and education’s new accountability to New England’s changing industry professionals for a day of networking and information- demography. The journal’s annual “Trends & Indicators” edition sharing. ETD also provides professional development features compelling data and analysis of New England’s college opportunities for graduate students in STEM disciplines and enrollment, graduation rates, degrees an online information clearinghouse featuring STEM resources. granted, higher education finance and university research. For more information see: www.nebhe.org/diversity
CONNECTION’sANNUAL DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES NEBHE also offers: provides vital information on each of Regional Conferences that bring together several hundred New England’s nearly 270 colleges opinion leaders and practitioners from New England and and universities, including data on beyond for a day and evening of insightful discussion on key enrollment, endowment, tuition, education topics, addresses by major national and international fees and room and board charges speakers and networking. as well as names and titles of Professional Development programs that provide cutting- thousands of campus administrators. Watch for an online edge curriculum and professional development for community version of this valuable resource in the near future! college faculty in collaboration with secondary school teachers CONNECTION subscribers also receive CONNECTION’s Campus and college and university professors. Programs focus on Newslink—a biweekly email news digest featuring the latest science, technology, engineering and math fields. news, events and comings and goings from New England’s International Exchange Programs that offer affordable college campuses and beyond. study-abroad opportunities at colleges and universities in To subscribe to CONNECTION, enroll as a Friend of NEBHE at Quebec and Nova Scotia. www.nebhe.org/friends. For more information, visit: www.nebhe.org/connection For More Information Excellence Through Diversity... For more information or to learn how to become a Friend of Diversity in Science, Technology, NEBHE and receive CONNECTION and other special benefits, Engineering and Mathematics please contact: The fastest-growing segments of New England’s job market New England Board of Higher Education demand skills in science, technology, engineering and math 45 Temple Place • Boston, MA 02111 (STEM). Yet many of the region’s fastest-growing populations Phone: 617-357-9620 • Fax: 617-338-1577 have been severely underrepresented in these fields. Email: [email protected] Web site: www.nebhe.org NEBHE’s Excellence Through Diversity (ETD) program aims to create a regional environment that supports the full
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NEBHE Chair Massachusetts Rhode Island The Hon. Mary R. Cathcart Carole A. Cowan Senator Daniel P. Connors Senior Policy Associate, President Rhode Island Legislature Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Middlesex Community College Senator Hanna M. Gallo University of Maine Rev. Mark T. Cregan Rhode Island Legislature President Connecticut William H. Hurry Jr. Stonehill College Executive Director Judith B. Greiman M. Howard Jacobson Rhode Island Higher Education President Westboro, Massachusetts Assistance Authority Connecticut Conference of Representative Thomas P. Kennedy The Hon. Robert J. McKenna Independent Colleges Massachusetts Legislature Newport, Rhode Island Senator Joan V. Hartley Mary E. McNally Deborah A. Smith Connecticut Legislature Springfield, Massachusetts Director of External Affairs Marc S. Herzog Senator Joan M. Menard Office of the Governor Chancellor Massachusetts Legislature The Hon. Robert A. Weygand Connecticut Community Colleges Vice President for Administration Board of Trustees Patricia Plummer Chancellor University of Rhode Island Valerie F. Lewis Massachusetts Board Commissioner of Higher Education Vermont Department of Higher Education David J. Wahr Leon Burrell Dr. Jeremiah J. Lowney Jr., DDS Andover, Massachusetts Burlington, Vermont Norwich, Connecticut The Hon. Nancy I. Chard Robert E. Miller New Hampshire Brattleboro, Vermont Pomfret Center, Connecticut Senator Lou D’Allesandro Robert G. Clarke Christine Niekrash New Hampshire Legislature Chancellor University of Connecticut Health Center Kathryn G. Dodge Vermont State Colleges Representative Roberta Willis Executive Director Senator Matt Dunne Connecticut Legislature New Hampshire Postsecondary Vermont Legislature Education Commission Maine Daniel M. Fogel Thomas R. Horgan President The Hon. Christina Baker President & CEO University of Vermont Bass Harbor, Maine New Hampshire College Representative Alice Miller Representative Emily Ann Cain and University Council Vermont Legislature Maine Legislature The Hon. Andrew R. Peterson Carol A. Moore The Hon. Mary R. Cathcart Peterborough, New Hampshire President Senior Policy Associate, The Hon. Walter Peterson Lyndon State College Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Peterborough, New Hampshire Marc A. vanderHeyden NEBHE Chair Stephen J. Reno President Susan A. Gendron Chancellor Saint Michael’s College Commissioner of Education University System of New Hampshire Michael Wool Maine Department of Education Representative Stella Scamman Charlotte, Vermont The Hon. Donna M. Loring New Hampshire Legislature Bradley, Maine William G. Simonton Terrence J. MacTaggart Commissioner Chancellor New Hampshire Community University of Maine System Technical College System Senator Elizabeth H. Mitchell Maine Legislature James C.Q. Weggler Madison, Maine
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The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) helps you Maine study for careers like these when you enroll in one of the hundreds Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont of approved degree programs offered through NEBHE’s Tuition Break program. Massachusetts Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont NEBHE’s Tuition Break Program, (aka Regional Student Program, RSP, or Apple program), provides a discount on tuition to New England New Hampshire residents when they enroll in approved degree programs at out-of-state Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, public colleges and universities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The Tuition Break is Rhode Island available for certain degree programs that are not offered by any state Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, college or university in a student’s home state. New England residents are New Hampshire, Vermont eligible for the Tuition Break on hundreds of associate degree, bachelor’s Vermont degree, and graduate degree programs. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island VISIT WWW.NEBHE.ORG/TUITIONBREAK TO: Select a New England state and get a list of Tuition Break Is your question not answered programs approved for its residents. on our website? Select a participating campus and get a list of its Tuition Email your question to Break programs. [email protected] Get contact information for participating campuses, and more. Call 617-357-9620 ext. 111 or 139. Or write to Tuition Break at NEBHE, 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111.
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What is tuition? How does a student qualify Why is a state of residence not Tuition is what colleges charge for courses for the RSP Tuition Break? listed as eligible for an approved and instruction. Other costs billed to As a permanent resident of a New England degree program? students include fees and room and board. state, a student is eligible for the RSP A state is not listed when one of the state Tuition at state colleges and universities is Tuition Break when enrolled in an colleges or universities in that state offers a typically based on a student’s residency. approved degree program offered by comparable program (which in some cases A student who is a resident of the state a specific public college or university in has a different name). where the college is located is charged the another New England state. Approved majors (associate, bachelor’s and graduate) in-state tuition rate; a student from another If an out-of-state college is closer state typically pays a much higher out-of- for residents of each New England state are to a student’s permanent home, state tuition rate. A student eligible under listed at www.nebhe.org/tuitionbreak. is the student eligible for the RSP the RSP Tuition Break program pays a For a list of programs, search our online Tuition Break? regional rate that is between the in-state database of programs or download the Sometimes. A student who lives closer to and out-of-state rates. Note: Only the annual catalog. an out-of-state college than an in-state col- tuition portion of college costs is discount- lege offering the same program, is eligible ed by the RSP Tuition Break program, not How does a student apply for the RSP Tuition Break in some cases. fees, room and board and other expenses. for the RSP Tuition Break? Most community colleges (and some four- A student must declare an approved Tuition year campuses) allow this eligibility. Refer to RSP Policies: Proximity Policy for details How much of a discount is the Break major that is offered by that college RSP Tuition Break? and indicate, “applying for NEBHE RSP at www.nebhe.org/tuitionbreak and The Tuition Break allows an eligible student Tuition Break” on the college’s application contact an RSP campus representative to to pay a regional rate, which is significantly for admission. find out if a particular college allows less than out-of-state tuition. The rate is this eligibility. based on a percentage (up to 175 percent) How is a student accepted as of the out-of-state college’s in-state rate. an RSP Tuition Break student? Are graduate programs available Example: In-state tuition = $3,000; The college or university notifies a student with the RSP Tuition Break? Out-of-state tuition = $12,000; Regional of acceptance through the RSP at the time Yes. Hundreds of approved master’s, doctor- tuition = $5,250 (discount of $6,750). of acceptance to the college. al and graduate certificate programs are available. In certain cases, graduate students may petition for eligibility for other unique Is the RSP Tuition Break a scholarship? Can a student already enrolled No. It is a discount on the regular out-of- programs. Refer to RSP Policies: Highly at a college declare an RSP Tuition Specialized Graduate programs. Details state tuition rate that a student pays when Break major at that college? are available at www.nebhe.org/ attending a state college or university in Usually. An enrolled student needs to tuitionbreak. another New England state. contact the registrar and/or the college’s RSP campus representative, listed at Is the RSP Tuition Break a Is a student in the RSP Tuition www.nebhe.org/tuitionbreak. new program? Break program eligible to apply for financial aid? No. The program turns 50 years old in What happens if a student changes 2007. The RSP was established by NEBHE Yes. A student should complete the FAFSA from an approved RSP Tuition Break in 1957 to expand educational opportuni- federal application and any financial aid major to a major not approved? ties for New England residents and help the applications required by the college(s). The college bills the student for the full states avoid duplication of costly academic For more information, check Financial out-of-state tuition once he/she is enrolled programs. Since 1957 the RSP has provided Aid Resources listed in this flyer. in a non-RSP degree program. New England residents with savings on more than 200,000 annual tuition bills. Is the RSP Tuition Break for Can the RSP Tuition Break be used The RSP has also saved individual New New England only? to attend a private college? England states billions of dollars in expen- Yes. The program is only for permanent No. Only New England’s state colleges ditures, because they do not have to start New England residents attending out-of- and universities and community up and operate academic programs that state public colleges and universities in the colleges participate. are offered in other New England states. six New England states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. 18 NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION 400+ UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Visit www.nebhe.org/tuitionbreak for a complete list of approved programs NEBHE’S TUITION BREAK: COLLEGES available to residents of each New England state, and programs offered by AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERING BACHELOR’S each college or university. DEGREE PROGRAMS
Connecticut SAMPLING OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE TUITION BREAK PROGRAMS Central Connecticut State University www.ccsu.edu Eastern Connecticut State University www.easternct.edu States indicate residents eligible for Tuition Break at the college(s) listed. Southern Connecticut State University www.southernct.edu Architecture CT, NH, RI, VT University of Maine at Augusta, Western Connecticut State University www.wcsu.edu University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Connecticut www.uconn.edu Aviation Science CT, ME, NH, RI, VT Bridgewater State College Maine Maine Maritime Academy www.mainemaritime.edu Biological Engineering CT, MA, NH, RI, VT University of Maine University of Maine www.umaine.edu Biomedical Engineering ME, MA, NH, VT University of Connecticut, University of Rhode Island University of Maine at Augusta www.uma.maine.edu University of Maine at Farmington www.umf.maine.edu Chinese CT, ME, NH, RI, VT University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Maine at Fort Kent www.umfk.maine.edu University of Maine at Machias www.umm.maine.edu Communication Design CT, ME, NH, RI, VT Massachusetts College of Art University of Maine at Presque Isle www.umpi.maine.edu Emergency Management CT, ME, NH, RI, VT Massachusetts Maritime Academy University of Southern Maine www.usm.maine.edu
Environmental Engineering ME, MA, RI University of New Hampshire Massachusetts Hospitality and Tourism Management CT, ME, RI University of Massachusetts Amherst, Bridgewater State College www.bridgew.edu Fitchburg State College www.fsc.edu University of New Hampshire, Johnson State College Framingham State College www.framingham.edu Information Systems Engineering CT, MA, NH, RI, VT University of Maine Massachusetts College of Art www.massart.edu Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts www.mcla.mass.edu Meteorology ME, MA, RI Lyndon State College, Plymouth State University Massachusetts Maritime Academy www.maritime.edu Salem State College www.salemstate.edu Occupational Therapy CT, ME, RI, VT Worcester State College Westfield State College www.wsc.ma.edu Physiology and Neurobiology ME, MA, NH, RI University of Connecticut Worcester State College www.worcester.edu University of Massachusetts Amherst www.umass.edu University of Massachusetts Boston www.umb.edu University of Massachusetts Dartmouth www.umassd.edu SAMPLING OF ASSOCIATE DEGREE TUITION BREAK PROGRAMS University of Massachusetts Lowell www.uml.edu States indicate residents eligible for Tuition Break at the college(s) listed. New Hampshire Applied Animal Science ME, MA, RI, VT University of New Hampshire Keene State College www.keene.edu Plymouth State University www.plymouth.edu Arboriculture and Park Management CT, ME, NH, RI, VT University of Massachusetts Amherst University of New Hampshire www.unh.edu Computer and IT Security ME, NH, RI, VT Norwalk Community College, University of New Hampshire-Manchester www.unhm.edu
Springfield Technical Community College Rhode Island Fire Investigation CT, ME, MA, RI, VT New Hampshire Community Technical College-Laconia Rhode Island College www.ric.edu University of Rhode Island www.uri.edu Interpreter for the Deaf ME, MA, NH, RI, VT Northwestern Connecticut Community College Vermont Marine Biology and Oceanography CT, MA, NH, RI, VT Southern Maine Community College Castleton State College www.castleton.edu Photonics Engineering Technology ME, NH, RI, VT Three Rivers Community College Johnson State College www.jsc.vsc.edu Lyndon State College www.lyndonstate.edu Software Engineering ME, MA, NH, RI Vermont Technical College Vermont Technical College www.vtc.vsc.edu University of Vermont www.uvm.edu