News Releases
August 13, 2010 — Obama Signs Spending Bill to Protect Teachers’ Jobs; BHEF applauds passage of the Education Jobs Bill
August 11, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Statement on the Survival of BHEF Member and EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe
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
August 10, 2010 — BHEF Congratulates Investing in Innovation Fund Winners
July 20, 2010 — BHEF Achieves Significant Progress In Helping to Reshape U.S. Education Agenda
July 9, 2010 — BHEF Urges Senate to Pass COMPETES Reauthorization
July 7, 2010 — BHEF Vice Chair Kirwan Establishes Fund to Support Degree Completion
June 25 , 2010 — BHEF Welcomes New Chair William H. Swanson and Vice Chair William E. Kirwan to its Leadership
June 8 , 2010 — Fortune Magazine Features BHEF in STEM Challenge Article
May 19, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Urges Swift Passage of Reintroduced COMPETES Reauthorization
May 13, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Attends Signing of Formal Commitment to Improve Education in Louisville
May 12, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Members Support National Lab Day
May 3, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Urges Swift Passage of COMPETES Reauthorization
May 3, 2010 — BHEF Member Mark Yudof Interviewed on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday
April 29, 010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Supports Goal of National Strategy to Increase Degree Completion, Broaden Participation in Graduate Education
April 22, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Warns Against Teacher Layoffs and Their Impact on Student Achievement
April 8, 2010 — Business-Higher Education Forum Supports Common Academic Standards
April 1, 2010 — BHEF Receives Funding from Northrop Grumman Corporation to Advance Innovative STEM Education Model
March 15, 2010 — BHEF U.S. STEM Education Model Gains Exposure
March 15, 2010 — BHEF Member Brit Kirwan Wins 2010 Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence
March 12, 2010 — BHEF Is Founding Member of Business and Industry STEM Education Coalition
March 5, 2010 — BHEF To Help Launch Business and Industry STEM Education Coalition
March 4, 2010 — BHEF Testifies in Support of K-12 STEM Education Reform
March 3, 2010 —- BHEF, OSU’s Battelle Center Introduce Effort To Help States Bolster STEM Education
January 20, 2010 — BHEF Supports President Obama’s Goal of Bolstering Race to the Top
January 13, 2010 — BHEF Response To American Federation of Teachers Reform Plan
January 6, 2010 — BHEF Continues To Support White House STEM Push
January 5, 2010 — President Signs Sepnding Bill for FY 2010: Measure Contains Increases for Several Higher Education Programs
December 7, 2009 — Business-Higher Education Forum to Expand Use of STEM Education Model
December 2, 2009 — BHEF Supports National Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 6 - 12
November 23, 2009 — BHEF Supports White House Effort To Boost U.S. STEM Achievement
November 23, 2009 — BHEF Supports Launch of National Lab Day
November 18, 2009 — Time Magazine Names Four BHEF Members as Top Educators
October 30, 2009 — Pamela Lessard and Alexander Sittig join the Business-Higher Education Forum.
October 20, 2009 — Business-Higher Education Forum Releases Case Study on Exemplary Efforts to Increase College Readiness
September 30, 2009 — Carnegie Corporation Honors BHEF’s William Kirwan with Leadership Award
September 28, 2009 — Business-Higher Education Forum Urges Senate HELP Committee to Include Key Provisions in Education Bill
July 8, 2009 — Raytheon develops first-ever modeling and simulation tool to help advance U.S. science, technology, engineering and math education
September 16, 2008 — Business-Higher Education Forum Launches New Resource Center for More Effective Education Philanthropy
July 14, 2008 — The Business-Higher Education Forum Releases New Report on Corporate Giving in Education
July 22, 2008 — The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) to Build National Leadership Network to Improve College Readiness, Access, and Success
July 8, 2008 — The Business-Higher Education Forum Welcomes New Chair David J. Skorton and Vice Chair William H. Swanson to its Leadership
August 6, 2007 — BHEF Presents at NASA Conference
July 11, 2007 — BHEF Hosts a Moderated Panel for An American Imperative on Capitol Hill
August 26, 2006 — Business-Higher Education Forum Welcomes New Leadership (pdf)
June 29, 2006 — Nancy Kuhn Joins the Business-Higher Education Forum as Director of External Relations (pdf)
February 16, 2005 — Systematic Failures in U.S. Math and Science Infrastructure Threaten Global Leadership (pdf)
November 30, 2004 — Brian Fitzgerald Named Executive Director of the Business-Higher Education Forum (pdf)
» 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.