Month: January 2012
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Governor’s Budget Taxes Students and Workers, not the 1%
The Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts recognizes the painful cuts in many areas of Governor Patrick’s budget proposal and thanks the Governor for mostly holding the line on higher […]
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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 […]
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ORGANIZING AT HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
By Nicole Ouimette Students for Affordable, Accessible and Valuable Education (SAVE) is a club at Holyoke Commu-nity College (HCC). It was formed in September 2011 out of a need for […]
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BUILDING A STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
An Interview with Hollywood Aman Student leaders from around the state have begun talking about forming a Statewide Student Association (SSA) of the sort found in many other states. Typically […]
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Higher Education for the 99%
by Alex Kulenovic, PHENOM Organizing Director These are very interesting and challenging times for public higher education, dominated by scarcity in funding and “solutions” that do not fit the problems. […]
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PHENOM Convenes Advocates
by Ken Haar, Westfield State University What began in January 2011 as an attempt to get all the advocates of public higher education in the same room to support the […]
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Everything you wanted to know about UMass Amherst
This article from the Springfield Republican summarizes the major trends at UMass Amherst, including funding, construction, student costs, a shift to a market mentality, and student debt.