An Act to Invest in Our Communities

With the end of federal stimulus funding, we have a nearly $2 Billion budget deficit.  That means our schools, Local Aid, and emergency and health care services face deep cuts this spring.  Meanwhile, wealthy investors and high-income households have had their Bush-era tax cuts extended, worsening deficits and economic inequality. This legislation  would generate $1.2 billion without imposing […]

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Recommended Books

The Future of Higher Education by Dan Clawson and Max Page analyzes the crisis in higher education, describing how a dominant neo-liberal political ideology has significantly changed the U.S. system of higher education. The book examines the contemporary landscape of higher education institutions and asks and answers these questions: Who is able to attend college? Who […]

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Press Turns to PHENOM

Have you checked out the PHENOM blog?  More and more, the press turns to PHENOM for commentary on issues concerning public higher education.  Now they have discovered the blog as a useful source.  Read here what PHENOM’s Vice President is quoted saying about the new UMass President.

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