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 […]
The good news: This year was probably rock bottom. The state has passed very austere budgets for the past few years and higher ed has seen deep funding cuts, the worst of which was this year, the proverbial cliff many have been talking about, when stimulus funds finally ran out. From here, we will finally […]
News – Spring-Summer 2011 Vol 3 Issue 2 PHENOM Testifies at the State House Tax reform and student financial aid, two of PHENOM’s top legislative priorities, had hearings at the State House in May. On May 5, PHENOM brought more than 50 people from across the state to show support for “An Act to Invest […]
Tax reform and student financial aid, two of PHENOM’s top legislative priorities, had hearings at the State House in May. On May 5, PHENOM brought more than 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 […]
Co-Chair of the Public Higher Education Legislative Caucus Senator Stan Rosenberg is co-chair (with Rep. Sean Garballey) of the Legislature’s new Public Higher Education Caucus. At its first meeting on February 10, the Caucus heard from Commissioner of Higher Education Richard Freeland, UMass President Jack Wilson, and PHENOM Vice President Max Page (find Max’s remarks […]
By Heike Schotten, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UMass Boston, PHENOM Board When I first heard about the California Faculty Association’s (CFA) National Higher Education meeting, I knew I wanted to attend. CFA is the faculty union for the California State University system. This experienced group of activists had sent out a call to public […]
PHENOMENAL NEWS (PN): You were a high school guidance counselor in East Boston. What did you see as the biggest obstacles to more students attending college? Coverdale: Preparation and financial aid. As counselors, we spent a lot of time finding educational opportunities and financial aid for our students, especially first generation students. These are the […]
By Ferd Wulkan Every day we read about new attacks on the public sector, about Congress’ shredding of the social safety net, and about the privatization of everything from prisons to human services to the military. These are driven by a corporate elite with an ambitious agenda and a gleam in their eyes as they […]