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Article: New England higher education: The region's sustainable resource
- Article from:
- The New England Journal of Higher Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright New England Board of Higher Education 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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With the "dot-com" bubble bursting and New England's economy slowing its pace, the region's higher education institutions must continue to adapt and evolve.
Facts 2001, NEBHE's 32nd annual directory of New England colleges and universities, chronicles the facts about the region's higher education resource. Despite population gains revealed by the new U.S. census, New England remains America's slowest-growing region. With New England's relatively high cost of living showing no sign of decline, many of the best-educated young people leave the region. As a result, New England companies in fields such as information technology struggle
to secure the qualified workers they need in order to ...