May
15
2012
800 students at UMass Amherst recently wrote personal letters to their legislators. The letters told compelling personal stories and asked for increased funding for our campus budgets and for financial aid. After many hours of late night sorting, the letters were hand delivered by students and PHENOM members, and the entire stack of 800 has been sent to UMass President Caret. Here are a just a few excerpts:
Feb
14
2012
Join students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni for a giant day of advocacy for our public colleges and universities! Buses and vans will be coming from around the state so we can talk to our legislators about the importance of public higher education to students and the state’s economy, and about what we need to improve affordability, quality and access.
Register now at bit.ly/MALobbyDay2012
Nov
03
2011
PHENOM played a major role in organizing the EDUCATION FOR THE 99% action in Boston on November 2. A major focus of the action was on the Student Debt Crisis.
Total outstanding student debt has doubled in the past five years and increases by $1 million every 6 minutes. Banks are making big profits as mushrooming interest charges lead to distorted career choices and increasing poverty. State cuts to higher education lead to increased fees and increased borrowing and make the problem much worse for those on public campuses. Here is how the action was explained to passers-by.
Aug
01
2011
For a Great State of Mind is PHENOM’s multi-year grassroots campaign to have Massachusetts dramatically increase its investment in public higher education and lower the costs for students. With the rising cost of tuition and fees, immigrants, the poor, and increasingly the middle class are being squeezed out of higher education, at exactly the same time that college is becoming increasingly necessary for the well-being of our residents and for the economic future of the state. Learn more about the campaign.
Jul
13
2011
PHENOM is an enthusiastic endorser of a new national Campaign for the Future of Higher Education - CFHE for short. This grassroots national campaign to support quality higher education was initiated in Los Angeles on January 21, 2011 by leaders of faculty organizations from 21 states. Several PHENOM members attended this planning meeting
May
05
2011
Two of PHENOM’s top legislative priorities — tax reform and financial aid — had hearings at the State House in May.
On May 5, PHENOM turned out 50+ people from across the state to show support for An Act to Invest in Our Communities which would generate an additional $1.3 billion per year in revenue for the state, with almost all of it coming from the wealthy. They were part of a crowd of over 500 people who heard PHENOM leaders explain to the Joint Committee on Revenue the impact repeated budget cuts are having on our campuses.
May
25
2010
PHENOM has worked closely with the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM) and the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Association (MIRA) on Education Opportunity. Right now, children of undocumented immigrants must pay out-of-state tuition rates at public colleges even if they have gone to Massachusetts public schools their whole lives. We seek to rectify this inequity either through legislation or an executive order.
May
20
2010
PHENOM has followed the lead of the Crittenton Women’s Union in advocating for funding for the Educational Rewards Program. It was established as part of the 2006 Economic Stimulus bill to encourage and aid low-income students seeking education leading to jobs in high-demand occupations. This program is unique in allowing students to use a portion of their grants to cover living expenses and is ideal for working and/or parenting students. Grants are available to students attending public colleges, and is the only state grant available to students carrying less than a half-time course load and/or participating in a non-degree program.
More information can be found here.
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