Past Initiatives
Throughout its history, BHEF has addressed a wide range of issues important to business and postsecondary institutions, such as achieving diversity on campus and in the work force, enhancing research collaborations, transforming teaching and learning models for the 21st century, embedding ethical behavior in U.S. institutions, responding to the crisis in mathematics and science education, and defining America's role in the world. Listed below are links to various past initiatives, with the most recent initiatives listed first:
- Ethics (2005)
- Mathematics and Science Education (2005)
- Public Accountability for Student Learning in Higher Education (2004)
- Learning and Technology (2003)
- Diversity (2002)
- Research Collaboration (2001)
- K–16 Education Reform (2001)
- High-Performance Work and Workers (1999)
» August 13, 2010
President Obama Signs Spending Bill to Protect Teachers’ Jobs. BHEF applauds passage of the Education Jobs Bill.
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» August 11, 2010
Business-Higher Education Forum Statement on the Survival of BHEF Member and EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe
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» August 10, 2010
President Obama Cites Need to Restore U.S. Leadership in Higher Education; Names Three BHEF Member-Led Universities for Cost-Controlling Efforts. Calls on all college and university presidents to follow their example.
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» June 24-25, 2010
BHEF welcomed its members to Washington, DC for its summer meeting on June 24-25, 2010. Members heard from senior representatives of the Obama Administration on challenges and opportunities for education reform in upcoming reauthorization efforts and the challenges confronting long-term U.S. sustainability that demand strengthened STEM education.