Talk about a road trip! Throughout October, NECHE staff is holding eight regional meetings to engage our members in conversation about the revision of our Standards of Accreditation, a process that takes place every ten years. This is the most important undertaking that I will lead during my tenure as NECHE President. Our Standards are used…Continue readingPit Stop #70: Community College of Rhode Island
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While I have visited the campus of Endicott College before, my first comprehensive tour of this Beverly, Massachusetts institution was hosted by President Steven DiSalvo on the kind of glorious mid-September day that makes you believe that summer will never end. There’s plenty I can (and will) say about this strong and thriving college, but…Continue readingPit Stop #69: Endicott College
The end of summer brought me on an enlightening visit to Wheaton College – that’s Wheaton College in Massachusetts, of course, not the one in Illinois. Wheaton is the home of President Michaele Whelan, whom we were fortunate to have assume the role of Chair of the New England Commission on July 1. An experienced and energetic leader…Continue readingPit Stop #68: Wheaton College
Recently, I made the two-hour drive from Boston to visit St. Joseph’s College in Maine, located fifteen miles northwest of the booming city of Portland. It was cloudy, and then the skies erupted in a downpour, so my photos don’t quite do the campus justice, but trust me — St. Joseph’s campus is both beautiful and…Continue readingPit Stop #67: St. Joseph’s College
Just recently, I returned from hosting NECHE’s first international summit on the campus of EHL Hospitality Business School (EHL) in picturesque Lausanne, Switzerland. Needless to say, it was an amazing location for our four-day meeting, where we welcomed more than 60 representatives from 27 colleges and universities across the globe, including 12 institutions that are full…Continue readingPit Stop #66: Switzerland!
A trip north to Portland, Maine is always a treat and my most recent visit was no exception. I was greeted by Laura Freid, now in her seventh year as the President of Maine College of Art and Design. We first met more than 20 years ago while Dr. Freid was earning her doctorate at…Continue readingPit Stop #65: Maine College of Art & Design
These happy graduates in white were clustered around the entrance sign to Curry College, making it the perfect photo opportunity for me to commemorate my visit. Apparently, it was my week for campus tours– as I hit three colleges in just seven days. By the time I reached Curry College’s main campus, located a mere eight…Continue readingPit Stop #64: Curry College
At the very start of this summer, I had the privilege of visiting Bryant University and its President Ross Gittell. This was my first trip to Bryant, located in Smithfield, Rhode Island just fifty miles south of Boston and twelve miles north of Providence. President Gittell, in addition to being an accomplished economist and economic development…Continue readingPit Stop #63: Bryant University
So what small residential liberal arts college has been a question (or answer) on the hit game show Jeopardy! twelve times to date? That would be Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, a mere 15 miles north of Manhattan. Sarah Lawrence is one of several New York institutions looking to move their accreditation to NECHE and…Continue readingPit Stop #62: Sarah Lawrence College
In early February, I had the privilege of traveling to the spectacular island of Malta for an initial staff visit to CoROM (the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine). CoROM is at the very beginning of exploring accreditation by NECHE, a process it shares with a number of other international institutions. As I’ve found in…Continue readingPit Stop #61: College of Remote and Offshore Medicine