We Can’t Get Enough of This Free Public Higher Education Talk Vice President Joe Biden was never officially in the race for President, but as he told the world he was not running, he seemed to be reading from PHENOM’s talking points, making a strong argument for free public higher education. “We need to commit […]

**The Crisis of Affordability in Public Higher Education, with special guest Congressman Jim McGovern, October 14, 1 to 5 pm, UMass Amherst **   **Action Alert — The Finish Line Grant will be heard TODAY! Use this form to tell the Joint Committee on Higher Education that you support this grant that will help public […]

Testimony in support of Bill H.1042 / Bill S.683 – An Act to Establish a Finish Line Grant Program to Encourage College Completion   The public higher education system in Massachusetts was designed to make public higher education accessible to the working classes, with costs to students as close to free as possible. Remarkably for […]

Organizing Director, Ferd Wulkan, talks about the upcoming Forum on the Affordability Crisis in Higher Education with special guest Jim McGovern: Ferd Wulkan, organizing director of the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, which is hosting the forum, said they will hold workshops after the panel to help participants “strategize about moving forward.” He said […]

Bill H.1042 / Bill S.683 (An Act to Establish a Finish Line Grant Program to Encourage College Completion) is one step on the path to fully-funded public higher education in Massachusetts. It would give a one year scholarship to cover tuition and fees for residents of Massachusetts who have successfully completed at least one year […]