This op ed, written by PHENOM Vice President Max Page after extensive discussions within PHENOM and with our allies, appeared in the Boston Globe March 14, 2012.
Category Archive: PHENOM in the News
Mar
15
2012
Mar
09
2012
Media Coverage of 3-8-12 Advocacy Day
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1957363860/Students-faculty-rally-for-less-expensive-college-experience Metro West, also ran in Milford Daily News
“A boisterous crowd of nearly a thousand students and faculty members gathered at the State House yesterday to lobby lawmakers for a better education at a lower cost. …”
Channel 22 http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/
“Students and professors from community colleges, state and public universities across the state lobbied lawmakers on Beacon Hill Thursday, asking for a 5 percent increase across the board for operating budgets in higher education….”
State House News http://archives.
“Hundreds of public university students fanned out across the capitol Thursday afternoon to convince lawmakers to invest more money in public higher education. As financial aid dwindles and state investments shrink, many students find it increasingly hard to come up with the money to complete a degree, students and advocates said….”
Springfield Republican (front page)
http://www.masslive.com/news/
“Aviv Celine, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, says the costs of a college education are rising so fast that they could force some students to drop out of college….”
Taunton Daily Gazette http://www.wickedlocal.com/berkley/news/x299878714/Students-struggle-with-rising-community-college-costs#axzz1p6Zmzy3d
“Hundreds of public university and community college students fanned out across the State House last week to convince lawmakers to invest more money in public higher education.
Jun
10
2011
Berkshire Eagle says Fund Public Higher Ed!
PHENOM has begun a series of meetings with newspaper editorial boards. Our April 27 meeting with the Hampshire Gazette led to a reporter and photographer riding the bus with us from Northampton and publishing a full page spread on the Act to Invest in Our Communities. On June 2, we met with the Berkshire Eagle who published this editorial on June 6. We have a lot of important information and perspectives to share. Please contact us with opportunities to discuss public higher education — the crisis and the solutions.
Feb
11
2011
A Speech That Says It All
UMass President Jack Wilson, Commissioner of Higher Education Richard Freeland and PHENOM Vice President Max Page were invited to address the formal founding of the Joint House-Senate Public Higher Education Caucus on February 10. With many legislators and college administrators in attendance, Max clearly laid out what needs to happen for Massachusetts to have the public higher education system our residents deserve and our economy needs. Please read and circulate.
Jan
19
2011
PHENOM on the Boston Common
Check out this great slide show about PHENOM’s March 8, 2010 rally on the Boston Common, as experienced by a first-time rally-goer.
Jan
15
2011
Jul
19
2010
PHENOM-enal rally for a Better State of Mind
This newsletter from the Massachusetts Community College Council contains a very detailed report and great photos from PHENOM’s Rally, March, Race to the Median, and State House Day March 8, 2010.
May
14
2010
Letter on “Vision Project” in Boston Globe
For higher ed, ‘Vision’ first, then follow-through
May 14, 2010
KUDOS FOR editorializing that “there is something fundamentally wrong with a state education system that puts so much attention on getting its K-12 students ready for college only to give short shrift to the state’s five public university campuses, nine state colleges, and 15 community colleges’’ (“A ‘Vision Project’ for higher ed,’’ May 5).
Nov
30
2009
What the UN Says About Higher Education
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a United Nations treaty that, among other things, says: “Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education.” 160 countries have ratified this treaty. The United States has not.
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Sep
06
2011
Finish Line grants referenced on leading economics blog
One of PHENOM’s priorities is finding ways to improve graduation rates at public colleges in a way which is meaningful and stays true to our goal of meaningfully improving accessibility for poor and working class students. The neoliberal approach currently being pursued by Beacon Hill focuses on increasing graduation rates by increasing selectivity, using metrics which will increasingly exclude students on the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum. Our approach includes proposals like the finish line grant, which is apparently receiving attention on the renowned economics blog, the baselinescenario.