CONCORD – The new acting chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire says all four public institutions need to become “more nimble” to compete with private and public colleges nationally.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Dr. Todd Leach said expanded use of online education and getting the four campuses to share their strengths are top priorities of his brief tenure at the top.
“We know higher ed is going through enormous amounts of challenges nationally,” Leach said. “The board of trustees put in place a number of changes intended to help the four institutions become more nimble and more competitive in the public and private education marketplace,” Leach said.
His first mission, however, is to convince the Legislature to approve Gov. Maggie Hassan’s plan to restore 80 percent of the deep cuts in aid to higher education over the next two years.
In exchange, the trustees have committed to freezing in-state tuition at all four schools and increasing investments in both merit and needs-based scholarships for New Hampshire students.
“I think what happened with the cuts is that it sent a message to a lot of would-be students from New Hampshire that it was going to be more difficult for them to afford to stay here for higher education,” Leach said.![]()
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