This was an unusual trip for me — not to visit a particular university, but to attend athree-day summit sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), Thailand. In the fall of 2025, after extensive research into international accrediting agencies across the globe, the Ministry selected NECHE to assist as it…Continue readingPit Stop #94: Thailand!
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After three splendid, warm and sunny days in Athens spent visiting NECHE institutions, I arrived at the airport for a flight to Thessaloniki… and landed a quick 35 minutes later — perhaps my shortest flight ever! Thessaloniki is a historic, Biblical city on the coast of the Aegean Sea. While half of Greece’s ten million people live in Athens, Thessaloniki boasts a mere one million — but…Continue readingPit Stop #89: Anatolia American University
In Greece, my first stop of four visits was to The American College of Greece in Athens. Founded in 1875, ACG is the oldest American-accredited college in Europe and the largest private college in Greece. It has been accredited by NECHE since 1981 and is an independent, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, co-educational academic institution. (Whew– that’s a lot of adjectives!). This…Continue readingPit Stop #87: The American University of Greece
In May, I began a two-week trip to visit six universities: two in Turkey and four in Greece. (Yes, I know, work can sometimes be a real burden!) My first stop was Istanbul, where I made an initial visit to Bahçeşehir University, commonly known as BAU. (When a new institution applies for NECHE membership, it requires a 2-3 day visit…Continue readingPit Stop #86: Bahçeşehir University
I suspect few of you have visited the part of India from which I recently returned: the state of Chhattisgarh and the city of Raigarh in central India. Raigarh is a two-hour flight from Delhi (which is a 20-hour flight from Boston), followed by a 100-km car ride from the regional airport in Jharsuguda. Long story short, I was…Continue readingPit Stop #85: OP Jindal University
My recent trip west across the Commonwealth had a dual purpose: to make my first visit to Western New England University (WNE) and to meet its Provost, Maria Toyoda, soon to become President of the Western Senior College & University Commission, or WASC. WASC is NECHE’s western counterpart responsible for accrediting four-year colleges in California, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands. Where both organizations were once strictly regional,…Continue readingPit Stop #83: Western New England University
I’ve probably driven past Hartford, Connecticut and gazed over at the gleaming dome of the Capitol hundreds of times, but I have never before exited the highway and driven through the city– or its neighboring town of West Hartford. Today, I did exactly that on my first visit to the University of Hartford. For a…Continue readingPit Stop #81: University of Hartford
As readers of this blog will know, every institution I visit (76 now and counting!) bears the inimitable stamp of its own individual history, place, and mission. Discovering and sharing these unique traits is what makes my “On The Road” journey so rewarding and NECHE’s purpose so compelling. The University of New Haven is, of course, no exception to that…Continue readingPit Stop #76: University of New Haven
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
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