Month: June 2011
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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 […]
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2011 Annual Meeting Minutes
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 […]
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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 […]
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Interview with Senator Stan Rosenberg
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 […]
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PHENOM Members help start national campaign for higher education
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 […]
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A PHENOM Director Profile: Donald Coverdale
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 […]
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The Big Picture- and a book to help us understand it
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 […]