Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education

Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education ("NOCHE") is a nonprofit business and higher education collaborative in a 23-county region of Northeast Ohio. NOCHE's member institutions of higher education include a cross section of public, private, two-year and four-year schools. Collectively, these institutions enroll more than 226,000 degree-seeking students from across the United States and the world and grant more than 35,000 certificates and degrees annually. NOCHE's mission is to mobilize the region's higher education and business communities for collective action that advances regional economic development.

NEOintern consists of a free online database where college students anywhere and organizations in Northeast Ohio can find each other for internships and co-ops. NOCHE program managers also present "Maximize Your ROI: Return On Intern" total internship and co-op management seminars for business and nonprofit leaders, human resource managers and internship/co-op coordinators.

The Expys awards is a special event for Northeast Ohio’s employers and students to come together and celebrate their ROI (“return on intern”) and experiences, and to gain recognition for their internship programs and the people who make them work. The impact is not only measured by economic output, but also by the meaningful learning experiences provided for students.

The Northeast Ohio Talent Dividend is guided by a Steering Committee of business, education, civic, nonprofit and philanthropic stakeholders and an Action Plan with overarching goals to improve college readiness, increase retention to degree completion and increase degree attainment among adults with some college and no degree. On Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Cultivating Our Talent, the 2013 Northeast Ohio Talent Dividend Summit, NOCHE announced that Northeast Ohio gained almost 58,000 college degree holders since 2009. The region boasts 955,000 college degree holders, which represents a 31 percent regional college attainment rate and a two percentage point increase. Northeast Ohio colleges and universities are awarding more degrees than ever before.

In 2014, NOCHE's Board of Trustees named Robert W. Briggs as president. Mr. Briggs is among Northeast Ohio's most distinguished leaders in law and philanthropy. He is partner, chairman emeritus and former CEO of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, where he specializes in corporate, business, and foundation matters. He has served for twelve years on the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Board of Trustees, including the past four years as chairman. He is past president of GAR Foundation and founding chair of the Fund for Our Economic Future. His numerous accolades from community organizations include the first Team NEO Peter Burg Regional Vision Award. He earned a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

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