Category Archive: Higher Education Reports

May
11
2012

New Research Shows Economic Value of Investing in Public Higher Education

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 the Center for Public Policy and Administration at UMass Amherst.

[Photo shows Rep. Sannicandro, House Chair of the Higher Education Committee discussing the report with Professor Ash.] Read the rest of this entry »

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Apr
18
2012

Documenting the Disinvestment in Public Higher Education

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.

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Jan
24
2012

Top 10 Reasons for Massachusetts to Invest in Public Higher Education

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 on your campus, to local media, on your facebook page, etc.

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Dec
16
2011

Department of Higher Education FY 12 Budget Request

The annual budget request compiled by the Board of Higher Education is a good source of information and data.

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Dec
16
2011

The Crisis of Public Education: Budget Cuts, Deficits and the Lies Behind Them

This fact sheet explains how and why “austerity” is being used to cut public education.  “The truth is the money does exist. Returning tax rates on those making over $500,000 per year to the levels they were at under Richard Nixon would yield enough to pay for a new public education system, plus massive aid to state and local governments”

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Dec
16
2011

Demos: How Financial Aid Makes a Difference

This report argues that to increase postsecondary success among low- to moderate-income students, we must reform financial aid and provide additional financial supports to help students cover the cost of living expenses (especially housing and transportation) so that young students can work less, study more, and finish their degrees.

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Dec
16
2011

Boston Foundaton Report on Community Colleges

PHENOM does not endorse the ideas presented in this report.

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Feb
23
2011

Fighting Tuition Increases in the U.K.

Fight Back: A Reader on the Winter of Protest is a free e-book on the massive protests against tuition increases in Great Britain.

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Nov
05
2010

Commissioner Freeland’s Vision

Massachusetts Higher Education Commissioner Richard Freeland is an outspoken advocate not shy about bragging about what’s good, or about highlighting the shortcomings, of our public higher education system.  His recent article in the New England Journal of Higher Education is entitled “Coming Into Focus: A New Vision for Public Higher Education in Massachusetts”.  We may not agree with every word, but we recommend it to anyone concerned about improving and increasing funding for public higher education in Massachusetts.

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Jul
27
2010

The Shrinking Value of MassGrant

MassGrant is the state’s main program of need-based financial aid. As costs have risen, MassGrant has been cut.

These 2 graphs and report from the Department of Higher Education’s FY 2011 Budget Request demonstrate how “ This unmet financial need of students is significant and is almost certainly a deterrent to the pursuit of postsecondary education for some”

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