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Article: New England higher education in a new century
- Article from:
- The New England Journal of Higher Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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New England's approximately 280 higher education institutions help to meet labor market needs by ensuring technological readiness on the part of graduates entering the workforce, to say nothing of instilling a sense of civic engagement and intellectual curiousity Indeed a college education has become a prerequisite of upward mobility a pathway to economic and social success.
Of course, New England colleges and universities don't simply prepare graduates for the world of work. With their world-class arts departments and affiliated museums, they serge as regional stewards of culture. With their think tanks and faculty experts, they provide New England opinion leaders and the public with the ...