05-NEB-066 ConnDir06_Cover 10/17/05 1:34 PM Page C1 CONNECTION THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Annual Directory of VOLUME XX NUMBER 3 New England Colleges DIRECTORY 2006 & Universities 2006 $20.00 Inside: • Listings of 270 New England Colleges and Universities • The Tuition-Saving New England Regional Student Program • Financial Aid Resources for New England College Students • New England’s Schools of Law and Medicine 05-NEB-066 ConnDir06_Cover 10/17/05 1:34 PM Page C2 Families have many questions about financing college. Give them one solution... MEFA Created by colleges for colleges, MEFA is dedicated to making higher education a reality. We are a not-for- profit organization whose sole focus is helping families and students afford a higher education through low cost financing strategies. 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Helping student and families pay for their education • Promoting college access in our community • Fostering partnerships and reforms so that a college • education is an achievable dream for all young people www.teri.org 31 St. James Street, 4th floor Boston, MA 02116 (617) 426-0681 05-NEB-066 ConnDir06_Front 10/17/05 2:34 PM Page 3 Volume XX, No. 3 CONNECTION Directory 2006 THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Annual Directory of New England Colleges & Universities 2006 STATE-BY-STATE INSTITUTIONAL LISTINGS 32 How to Use CONNECTION’S 2006 Directory of New England Colleges & Universities 37 Connecticut Institutions 55 Maine Institutions Cover photo: Endicott College 67 Massachusetts Institutions DEPARTMENTS 109 New Hampshire Institutions 5 Editor’s Memo 121 Rhode Island Institutions Charlotte Stratton 129 Vermont Institutions 7 Message from the President Evan S. Dobelle 138 New England’s Schools of 10 About the New England Board Law and Medicine of Higher Education 145 Index of Institutions TUITION SAVINGS Index of Advertisers AND FINANCIAL 148 AID INFORMATION 18 The New England Board of Higher Education’s Tuition-Saving Regional Student Program 24 Financial Aid Opportunities for New England Students Wendy A. Lindsay CONNECTION DIRECTORY 2006 3 05-NEB-066 ConnDir06_Front 10/17/05 2:34 PM Page 4 How can we better prepare GED students for college? Five years ago, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation established the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project – the first grantmaking program within our Adult Literacy initiative. Our goal was to bridge the gap between academic work required for a GED certificate and skills required for college-level work. We developed a partnership with the renowned New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC), whose expertise in educational transitions for adults inspired and shaped our undertaking. So far, the 25 ABE-to-College Transition programs that received our grants and participated in technical assistance activities with NELRC have prepared more than 1,600 GED recipients for college. Recently, Dr. Julia Gittleman of Mendelsohn, Gittleman & Associates completed an evaluation of the Project. What resulted is one of the few studies that documents GED recipients’ access to higher education — The New England ABE-to-College Transition Project Evaluation Report. To read the report online, please visit www.nmefdn.org or www.collegetransition.org. 1250 Hancock Street, Suite 205N • Quincy, MA 02169-4331 Tel. 781-348-4200 • Fax 781-348-4299 05-NEB-066 ConnDir06_Front 10/17/05 2:34 PM Page 5 EDITOR’S MEMO CONNECTION he New England Board of Higher Education is pleased to THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION bring you CONNECTION’S 2006 DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES & TUNIVERSITIES. This edition represents the 37th higher education direc- CONNECTION: THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD tory published by NEBHE. Over NEBHE’s 50-year history, this directory has OF HIGHER EDUCATION is published five times a year by the New England Board of Higher Education, provided readers throughout New England and beyond with a detailed look 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111-1305 at the region’s richly diverse higher education enterprise. Phone: 617.357.9620 Fax: 617.338.1577 The colleges and universities profiled in these pages are as varied as the Email: [email protected] New England landscape. New England’s two-year community and technical Vol. XX, No. 3 Directory 2006 colleges, its evolving land-grant institutions, its world-famous liberal arts ISSN 0895-6405 Copyright © 2005 by the New England Board colleges, its major research universities and high-quality specialty schools of Higher Education. all fuel our economy, empower our students and contribute immeasurably Publisher: Evan S. Dobelle to our communities and civic life. Executive Editor: John O. Harney Information reported in the state-by-state institutional listings Senior Director of Communications in CONNECTION’S 2006 DIRECTORY is derived from a NEBHE survey and Directory Editor: Charlotte Stratton Staff Contributor: Wendy A. Lindsay of New England colleges and universities which was conducted in the late Design and Production: tpgcreative, Boston, MA summer and fall of 2005. Back Issues: Back issues of CONNECTION For CONNECTION’s traditional readership of policymakers, journalists, leg- are accessible on the World Wide Web at islators, higher education leaders and CEOs, the directory serves as a refer- www.nebhe.org/connection.html. Hard copies of regular issues may be purchased from NEBHE for ence tool, providing names and titles of key campus administrators, $3.95 each; annual directory issue, $20. institutional enrollment and employment data and more. College-bound students and their families will find useful For advertising information, contact Jodie LaBombard at [email protected]. information here on each of the nearly 270 institutions listed, including tuition and room and board charges, and a summary of admissions informa- CONNECTION is printed in New England. tion, deadlines and fees. CONNECTION is indexed and abstracted in EBSCOhost’s Readers will also find important information on how to take a bite out of Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier and Professional Development Collection, and indexed in college tuition bills. Last academic year, 8,400 students saved $44 million in PAIS International and ERIC’s Current Index to college tuition costs by participating in NEBHE’s Regional Student Program Journals in Education. (RSP). See pages 18–22 for more information about the RSP. For informa- The New England Board of Higher Education is a tion on traditional grant and loan programs, see pages 24–30 where nonprofit, congressionally authorized, interstate NEBHE’s Wendy Lindsay presents a guide to financial aid and an overview agency whose mission is to promote greater of scholarship and loan programs available in each New England state. educational opportunities Of course, there is much more to New England higher education than and services for the residents of New England. alphabetical listings and facts and figures. For a deeper analysis of higher NEBHE was established by education issues and trends, see NEBHE’s quarterly journal, CONNECTION: the New England Higher THE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Each issue of Education Compact, a 1955 agreement among the CONNECTION offers vital data, compelling features and expert commentary states of Connecticut, on subjects ranging from New England’s changing demography to higher Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. education access and workforce development. Finally, we urge you to consider becoming a Friend of NEBHE. For a Chair: Senator Lou D’Allesandro New Hampshire State Senate small contribution, Friends of NEBHE receive four quarterly issues of CONNECTION, plus this ANNUAL DIRECTORY and other valuable benefits, includ- President: Evan S. Dobelle ing CONNECTION’S Campus Newslink, a biweekly email digest featuring links to the latest news from New England’s 270 colleges and universities. For CONNECTION Editorial Advisory Board more information, see the special advertisement on pages 16–17 or visit us Cathryn Addy President, Tunxis Community College at www.nebhe.org. Katherine Sloan As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions on President, Massachusetts College of Art CONNECTION’s ANNUAL DIRECTORY and all issues of CONNECTION: THE JOURNAL Robert Whitcomb Vice President and Editorial Pages Editor, OF THE NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Just drop us an email at Providence Journal [email protected]. Ralph Whitehead Jr. Public Service Professor, University of Massachusetts Robert L. Woodbury Charlotte Stratton is NEBHE’s senior director of communica- Former Chancellor, University of Maine System tions and editor of CONNECTION’s ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. CONNECTION DIRECTORY 2006 5 05-NEB-066 ConnDir06_Front 10/17/05 2:34 PM Page 6 “They give flu shots to high-risk individuals.” Community outreach and health education are important roles for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.