Month: July 2015
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Taking on the Corporatization of Higher Education
Excerpted from the 2015 Spring Newsletter On March 18, 2015, PHENOM joined the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston and Massachusetts Jobs with Justice to host an educational and action-oriented […]
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Impact: Student Debt Shaves Economic Growth in Massachusetts
Excerpted from the 2015 Spring Newsletter $2.5 billion a year goes to loan repayment instead of commerce By Anastasia Wilson Anyone concerned about student debt in our state can look […]
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MassBudget: What would it take to make Public Higher Education Debt Free in Mass?
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center released a new report: Debt-Free Public Higher Education: What Would It Take? The Report calculates the cost of (1) eliminating tuition and fees […]
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What Does a Great Commissioner Look Like?
Excerpted from 2015 Spring Newsletter Richard Freeland is stepping down as Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education after 6 years. PHENOM saw him as an ally in the quest for increased […]
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Four Campus Chapters Building Their Strength to Make a Difference
Excerpted from 2015 Spring Newsletter STCC PHENOM Chapter by Juhi Dasrath Springfield Technical Community College’s campus chapter had the great opportunity to be a part of Advocacy Day, where we […]
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Who’s Who at the State House
Excerpted from the 2015 Spring Newsletter PHENOM works with a “Who’s Who” of important players in state government to keep public higher education in view. The JOINT COMMITTEE ON HIGHER […]
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PHENOM Testifies in Support of Education Equity for Immigrant Students
We attended the Education Equity Hearing with our brothers and sisters at the Student Immigrant Movement at the State House today. There were more than 150 advocates in the hearing […]
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How Do I Start a PHENOM Campus Chapter?
PHENOM Campus Chapters are an essential part of PHENOM’s work, strengthening relationships between students, staff, faculty, and the larger community on individual campuses, while creating a statewide network of advocates. […]
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PHENOM responds to President Obama’s Free Community College Proposal
By Natalie Higgins, PHENOM’s Executive Director Excerpted from 2015 Spring Newsletter President Obama’s free community college proposal put affordability and accessibility of public higher education on the national agenda in a […]
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PHENOM’s State Legislative Agenda
As the new state legislative session is kicking off, there are many proposals PHENOM is excited to support because they will promote accessible and affordable, quality public higher education in […]