Profile of New England College
Profile of New England College
Academic visionary, Boone Tillet, identified an important opportunity to serve the educational needs of the large number of service men and women returning home at the close of World War II. Their expanded vision of the world had awakened a keen interest in all they had encountered. With the need for higher education at a record high and a new G.I. bill available to finance post-secondary education, the men and women of the armed forces eagerly sought out the degree offerings of the nation’s colleges and universities.
Tillet chose Henniker, New Hampshire as the site for a new college dedicated to educating returning veterans. He recruited fellow scholar, Charles Weber, from Hofstra University to serve as the College’s first dean, and arrived in Henniker with a car full of books from his own library. In 1946 New England College welcomed its first class consisting of 67 men and one woman.
Today, New England College continues to provide an enriching educational experience for approximately 1000 undergraduate and 500 graduate students in a creative and supportive learning community. Our students represent 30 states and 20 countries and choose from 29 undergraduate academic majors and seven graduate programs.
As a Project Pericles institution, New England College places particular emphasis on civic engagement and social responsibility in all of our academic programs.
