Month: January 2013
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Why Student Costs Have Risen: A Simple Graph
Yes, it is really this simple. AS STATE APPROPRIATIONS WERE CUT, CAMPUSES RAISED STUDENT FEES. IF STATE SUPPORT WENT BACK UP, STUDENT FEES COULD GO DOWN!
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Details of Governor’s Higher Ed and Tax Proposals
Thanks, as always to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, for their quick and concise analysis: Higher Education The Governor’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 proposal for higher education makes steady […]
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Advocacy Day – March 5
Now, this day looms larger than ever in determining the future of public higher education in Massachusetts. The Governor has made dramatic proposals for reinvesting in our students and our […]
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Governor Calls for Major Investment in Higher Education
On January 15, Governor Patrick called for major new investments in education, and proposed a set of very progressive tax reforms to pay for them This is potentially the biggest […]
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Advocacy Day Infects State House with Higher Ed Fervor
Over 500 students, staff and faculty from almost every one of the public campuses came to the State House on March 8, 2012 with a simple powerful message: Public Higher […]
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Could this be the year we win progressive taxes?
by Max Page First, the bad news. Once again, when all the dust settled on the budget, the Governor and Legislature pushed through takeaways from public employees and continued […]
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Adjunct Faculty Victory at UMass Lowell
by Ellen Michaud Martins, UMass Lowell On May 18, 2012, the Adjunct Faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell overwhelmingly ratified their first-ever union contract–between the University and […]
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Students Prevail in Quebec
In February of this year, Quebec students began an unlimited general strike to oppose a tuition increase from $2,168 to $3,793 between 2012 and 2017 announced by the Liberal government […]
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Focus on Diversity Updates PHENOM Agenda
by Lisa Field At the annual Delegate Assembly, held at UMass Boston in June, a group of delegates brought forward a proposal to increase diversity and representativeness in PHENOM. […]