Jun 03
11 Massachusetts activists went on a PHENOM-sponsored trip to Montreal for several days in May. The purpose was to learn from student activists who had participated in last year’s student strike that began over tuition increases and led to the fall of the provincial government. Meeting representatives of two of the leading …
Apr 24
This graph shows how state support for public higher education students has declined dramatically, But if the budget proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee is passed, we’ll start to reverse this trend. Per Student Support for Massachusetts Public Higher Education FY2000 – FY2012 Continue reading »
Feb 19
PHENOM belongs to the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) . At a recent news briefing, three scholars representing faculty across the U.S. strongly advocated for a change in state and federal funding of public higher ed. Their request— stop capitulating to a dysfunctional NEW NORMAL — was directed at politicians and administrative …
Jun 26
Only 5 states in the country send a smaller proportion of their state financial aid grants to public colleges. According to a new report by the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, 53.8% of Massachusetts student aid went to public colleges and 46.2% to private colleges. Only New York, North Carolina, Kansas, …
Jun 22
No, it’s not faculty salaries. Nor is it “waste and inefficiency”. It’s decline in state support. This report by the U.S. Treasury and Education Departments lays out the facts very clearly and simply. The report also discusses the increasing economic returns to higher education. The findings mirror those found in a recent
Jun 21
This simple chart shows what has happened to enrollment, faculty, student costs, and state appropriations. It’s quite dramatic. The trends are similar at all the public campuses in Massachusetts.
May 11
PHENOM joined the Massachusetts Society of Professors in the State House release of an important new research study: Economic Impact of Investment in Public Higher Education in Massachusetts:: Short-Run Employment Stimulus, Long-Run Public Returns, by Michael Ash, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at UMass Amherst and Shantel Palacio of …
Apr 18
An important new report from Dēmos contains a wealth of data about what they call “The Great Cost Shift:” – the disinvestment in public higher education and the shift in costs to students and their families.
Jan 24
This concise but comprehensive compilation is meant to be helpful to individuals and organizations advocating for improved state funding for our campuses. They are being distributed to all legislators, one at a time, during the 10 days leading up to the March 8, 2012 Lobby Day for Public Higher Education. Please disseminate them …
Dec 16
The annual budget request compiled by the Board of Higher Education is a good source of information and data.
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