Feb 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 Most people recognize public higher education as a means of upward mobility for individual Massachusetts residents. Legislators are also keenly aware that it is a top economic development strategy. [See this detailed and compelling economic analysis.] Unprecedented cuts to the public higher education system over the last …
Jan 24
Now, this day looms larger than ever in determining the future of public higher education in Massachusetts. The Governor has made dramatic proposals for reinvesting in our students and our campuses, and he has made a very sensible, progressive proposal how to pay for this investment. We need to be there to make sure …
Oct 22
When we think of college affordability, we usually think of tuition and fees. Fees, in particular, have skyrocketed in Massachusetts and are among the highest in the country. But there are other costs that drive students into yet another job or further into debt. UMass Boston recently announced a major increase in the cost of …
Oct 16
Average tuition and fees for Massachusetts community colleges are 52% above the national average. Local students struggling to pay the cost are finding themselves deeply in debt, but this Thursday organizers at Holyoke Community College (HCC) are hosting a Student Speak Out on the Student Debt Crisis to address these issues. Community …
May 15
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 …
Nov 03
Aug 01
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 …
Jul 13
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 …
May 05
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 …
May 25
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 …
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