Mid-January took me back to the picture-perfect coastal city of Newport, Rhode Island,one of my favorites. Readers of this blog may recall a prior entry on Salve ReginaCollege, perched on the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic. This trip was to a very differentinstitution, but one also set on the water, this time Narragansett Bay. Its aquatic…Continue readingPit Stop #60: Naval War College
Category: Accreditation
Providence College (or PC as it is known to Friartown aficionados) is home to one of NECHE’s commissioners, John Sweeney, and I’ve owed John and PC a visit for too long. John is finishing his sixth and final year volunteering with NECHE and his service to the organization has been extraordinary. In his “day job”…Continue readingPit Stop #59: Providence College
This past December, NECHE on the Road traveled to Kuwait — and even though I’m accustomed to being amazed by almost every one of the 50+ institutions we’ve visited, just about everything I experienced in Kuwait and at the university took me by surprise. My purpose in traveling so far was to visit the American University…Continue readingPit Stop #58: American University of the Middle East
There are small towns, and then there are smaller towns. But South Royalton, Vermont is actually a village of about 700 folks within the town of Royalton. Now, South Royalton may be small but it is also home to an extraordinarily special institution: Vermont Law and Graduate School. (Vermont Law also has a second home, up the…Continue readingPit Stop #57: Vermont Law and Graduate School
Recently, I had the opportunity to travel north to Putney, Vermont, home of Landmark College, accredited by NECHE since 1991. I know I say this over and over, but almost every time I visit one of NECHE’s schools, I come away thinking, “What a unique institution with such a distinct and valuable mission!” Landmark College certainly fits…Continue readingPit Stop #56: Landmark College
Let’s start this post with a news quiz! Which New England college boasts: Well, you’ve seen the headline so I’m sure you correctly guessed the United States Coast Guard Academy, where my latest NECHE on the Road trip took me. Sadly, it was a very rainy day for our visit to campus, but that did not dampen…Continue readingPit Stop #55: United States Coast Guard Academy
I have to admit that Bangladesh was never on my list of must-visit places, but after just a few days there, it’s absolutely on my must-visit-again list. And trust me, it’s not because I made this trip for the weather since as it turns out, I visited in the middle of monsoon season. (I’ll never complain…Continue readingPit Stop #54: Asian University for Women
In mid-July, I had the opportunity to make my first visit to Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Hamilton is 240 miles due west of Boston (a gorgeous journey even on the interstate), but I opted to get off the highway for the last hour to take bucolic Route 20, as it meanders through even more…Continue readingPit Stop #53: Colgate University
At the very end of July, I had the opportunity to travel north from Boston to the Green Mountain State. In light of all the disasters that have befallen the country since then, it might be a bit difficult to remember that during the second week of July, Vermont suffered a massive environmental crisis, with almost…Continue readingPit Stop #52: Sterling College
Today, one reads story after story of colleges closing, but rarely if ever do we hear about new institutions of higher education starting up. Part of the reason that’s such a rare occurrence is that the obstacles facing such start-ups are immense, from regulatory and accreditation hurdles to declining demographics and the steep financial cost…Continue readingPit Stop #51: Ralston College