High Quality and Free = A Public Higher Education System Our People Deserve We in PHENOM don’t believe in “zero sum” games. We don’t believe that having a high-quality public higher education system is one side of the equation and some form of debt-free access is on the other. We have always believed that students […]
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, PHENOM’s Executive Director, Natalie Higgins, testified before the Joint Committee on Higher Education. Here is her testimony: I am writing to you today as the Executive Director of PHENOM (the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts), as a proud graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a concerned citizen. […]
Amongst the dozens of people who crammed into a room at the State House to testify about higher education bills Wednesday, one demographic was noticeably absent — students. Still, Natalie Higgins, executive director of the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, made sure to speak for students, many of whom were unable to attend because […]
PHENOM is starting the new academic year by launching a biweekly message to key individuals in public higher education policy and activism like yourself. We will offer brief commentary on key issues, provide links to valuable articles and research, and keep you up to date about PHENOM’s work. The Time Is Now for Free Public […]
Marty Meehan’s eloquent statement on the importance of public higher education and the problem of declining state support and rising tuition and fees is right on the mark. We in the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) hope that President Meehan will follow up by proposing a specific new compact with the state’s residents, […]