This chart shows very clearly how the cost of educating students in Massachusetts public colleges and universities has been shifted from the state to the students and their families.  This has happened at the same time that there has been growing recognition that higher education is a public good – that it benefits our entire […]

600+ students, faculty and staff from around the state came to the State House March 5 to advocate for a dramatic increase in funding for public higher education, AND progressive tax increases to pay for it.  Governor Patrick addressed the group, saying “we cannot reform our way to an affordable higher education system” and that […]