Remarks by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at the New England Board of Higher Education's "New England Works" summit on bridging higher education and the workforce, Boston, Massachusetts, November 7, 2011

Colleges and universities can contribute to the economic success of a region by deepening the skills and knowledge—or human capital—of its residents. Producing graduates who join the region’s educated workforce is one way these institutions increase human capital levels. In addition, the...

Remarks at the University at Albany, Albany, New York.

Analyzing university faculty and graduate student data for the top-ten U.S. economics departments between 1987 and 2007, we find that there are persistent differences in gender composition for both faculty and graduate students across institutions and that the share of female faculty and the...

"In the world of "superfine processes" of the Knowledge Age, digits are the new widgets. The brain is to the Knowledge Age and the mastery of digits what the engine was to the Manufacturing Age and the management of widgets. Education is the steam and the oil and the gas that propel that engine....

Remarks at the Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.

Remarks at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Remarks at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Remarks at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

Remarks at the University at Albany, Albany, New York.