Press Releases

The Business-Higher Education Forum Welcomes New Board Members and Announces Board Leadership for 2025–2026

September 11,
Business-Higher Education Forum Selected By Lumina Foundation to Create Statewide Workforce Training Plans for High-Value Short-Term Credentials in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Texas

July 10,
Business-Higher Education Forum, P3·EDU Announce Strategic Partnership for Fall 2025 Convenings at Georgia Tech

June 25,
Business-Higher Education Forum Powers National Playbook on Place-Based Workforce Partnerships for Corporations and Higher Education through Workforce Partnership Initiative

June 18,
Business-Higher Education Forum and Trellis Foundation Announce Major Expansion of Workforce Partnership Initiative in Texas

April 2,
Building America’s Future: Higher Education as a Catalyst for Talent and Innovation

April 1,
Congratulations to the 2025 BHEF Faculty Innovation Fellowship Cohort

January 29,
BHEF Report Highlights How Business-Higher Education Partnerships Foster Innovation and Workforce Readiness

December 12,
Business-Higher Education Forum and EY US Close Opportunity Gaps for Community College Students Through New Hiring Pathways as Part of Workforce Partnership Initiative in Texas

November 13,
Expanding the Connecticut Tech Workforce Government, Business, and Higher Education Collaborate on Tech Talent Ecosystem

September 19,
Business-Higher Education Forum Releases New Report on Increasing the Supply of Internship Opportunities

September 10,
The Business-Higher Education Forum Adds New Board Members and Leadership

August 13,
Business-Higher Education Forum Announces Faculty Innovation Fellows

March 1,
Business-Higher Education Forum Announces Kristen Fox as Next CEO

January 29,
Strada Education Foundation Awards BHEF $325,000 to Gain Insights into Employers' Perspectives of Work-Based Learning

December 11,
ECMC Awards BHEF Grant to Launch a Faculty Innovation Fellowship

October 18,
New Report Highlights the Four Skill Sets Transforming Work

December 1,
Governor Lamont Announces Seven New Technology Education Programs at Connecticut’s Public and Private Colleges and Universities

July 15,
BHEF and Partners Receive $1.045M to Partner to Create 7 New Technology Education Programs in Connecticut

July 1,
BHEF Awarded $2M Grant to Build on the Success of the Workforce Partnership Initiative

June 13,