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NERCHE is committed to collaborative change processes in higher education to address social justice in a diverse democracy.
The Center focuses its resources on a variety of projects addressing three core areas:
Reflective inquiry into practice The scholarship of engagement
Transitions to and through higher education
 

National Resources

  • Rooting Change- The Vision for Civic Engagement in Higher Education

      In honor of our 50th Anniversary and our commitment to civic education, Mount Wachusett Community College, in partnership with The Democracy Commitment, will host a two-day conference focusing on the integration of Democratic Practice and Civic Learning into curricula and programming. The...

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  • Carnegie now accepting application requests for the 2015 Community Engagement Classification

    On May 1, 2013, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching opened the request-for-applications period for the 2015 Elective Community Engagement Classification.  The Carnegie Foundation invites colleges and universities with an institutional focus on community engagement to apply for...

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  • 8th Institute for New Faculty Developers

    The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kennesaw State University and thePOD Network are pleased to present the 8th Institute for New Faculty Developers Registrations are now being accepted for the Institute, to be held June 24-28, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia. Faculty development is...

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  • Call for Papers: 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education

    The 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education will be held from January 5-8, 2014, at two venues: the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Honolulu is located on the island of Oahu. Oahu is often nicknamed "the gathering...

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Regional Resources

  • Film Screening and Interactive Panel: Model Minority: Do the Math

    WGBH invites the entire Greater Boston community to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at a very special event featuring a screening of the film, Model Minority: Do the Math. Immediately after the screening, Liz Cheng, General Manager of WGBH’s WORLD channel, will moderate an...

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  • June 14, New England Faculty Development Consortium Spring Conference, "Engaged Learning: Impacts and Implications"

    The New England Faculty Development Spring Conference "Engaged Learning: Impacts and Implications" will be held at the Westford Conference Center, Westford, MA on Friday, June 14, 2013. The keynote speaker Dr. John Saltmarsh (Department of Leadership in Education in the College of Education and...

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  • Finding a Common Purpose for Change: Collaboration for Public Engagement and the Transformation of Higher Education

    On May 24, 2013, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, NERCHE will host a conversation with Kristin Esterberg (Salem State University), John Wooding (UMass, Lowell), and John Saltmarsh (NERCHE, UMass, Boston) on “Finding a Common Purpose for Change: Collaboration for...

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  • Rooting Change: The Vision for Civic Engagement in Higher Education, May 29-30

    In honor of its 50th Anniversary Mount Wachusett Community College, in partnership with The Democracy Commitment, will host a two-day conference focusing on the integration of Democratic Practice and Civic Learning into curricula and programming. The first day of the conference will focus on the...

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NERCHE Updates

  • On the Boston Marathon Bombings

    NERCHE staff are deeply saddened by the recent bombings following the Boston Marathon.  We extend our heartfelt support to the victims of the bombings and to the communities of support surrounding them.  We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died.

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  • Deans Think Tank member publishes essay in recent issue of Inside Higher Ed

    Deans Think Tank member Paula Krebs, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bridgewater State University, published an essay, “Thinking About the Public,” in the Friday, April 5, 2013 issue of Inside Higher Ed.   “With so much focus on higher education's obligations to job...

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  • Save the Date: 2nd Annual Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement

    NERCHE's Second Annual Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement will be held on Monday, September 30, 2013, from 9 AM to 3:30 PM at UMass Boston.  Please save the date! The event will feature presentations, panel discussions, and facilitated dialogue inspired by Ernest Lynton's framing...

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  • NERCHE Launches 2013 Virtual Think Tank Series

    This free Virtual Think Tank series is designed to support the efforts of college and university practitioners engaged in campus-wide efforts to support the success of underserved students, including students of color, students who are first in family to attend college, and those from low-income...

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NERCHE Profiles

John Saltmarsh, NERCHE Co-Director

John_Saltmarsh John is the Co-Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) at the University of Massachusetts, Boston as well as a faculty member in the Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program in the Department of Leadership in Education in the College of Education and Human Development. He leads the project in which NERCHE serves as the administrative partner with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for Carnegie’s elective Community Engagement Classification.

He is the author, most recently, of an edited volume “To Serve a Larger Purpose:” Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education (2011) and a book with Edward Zlotkowski, Higher Education and Democracy: Essays on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (2011). He is also the author of numerous book chapters and articles on civic engagement, service-learning, and experiential education, and the co-author of the Democratic Engagement White Paper (NERCHE, 2009). He is an associate editor for the Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. He serves on the National Advisory Board of Imagining America, a member of Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) Coordinating Committee Members of the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Action Network and has served as past chair and member of the board of the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE), as an ex-officio member of the Board of The Democracy Imperative, and on AACU’s board of the Core Commitments Project. He is a member of the National Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement, has served as a National Scholar with Imagining America’s Tenure Team Initiative, and as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification. From 1998 through 2005, he directed the national Project on Integrating Service with Academic Study at Campus Compact. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from Boston University and taught for over a decade at Northeastern University and as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Feinstein Institute for Public Service at Providence College.

 



NERCHE Members

Featured Publications

Next Generation Leadership: Insights From Emerging Leaders

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Sherry H. Penney and Patricia Akemi Neilson

Next Generation Leadership: Insights From Emerging Leaders

Next Generation Leadership addresses issues such as:

Leading from the middle;
Leading collaboratively;
Networking within sectors and across sectors;
Adapting to new technology;
Inclusivity with organizations that represent current demographics;
Focusing on issues of gender, race, and ethnicity in the workplace;
Encouraging family friendly work environments;
Demonstrating corporate social responsibility and undertaking “green” initiatives;
Responding to globalization and the shrinking of our world.

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Career Opportunities

Click here for a list of employment opportunities at Think Tank members' institutions, as well as other regional and national opportunities that reflect NERCHE's mission.



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