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For a Great State of Mind: Invest in Public Higher Education
PHENOM is launching an ambitious multi-year grassroots campaign for a dramatic increase in investment in public higher education in Massachusetts. The goal is to bring Massachusetts up to the national average in […]
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Students Exploited on Health Insurance
PHENOM has endorsed a campaign by the Student Health Organizing Coalition to change this situation, perhaps by allowing students to get coverage through the state Connector Authority’s program of subsidized […]
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What the UN Says About Higher Education
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a United Nations treaty that, among other things, says: “Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of […]
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Impact of Cuts to Public Higher Education
On October 29, the Governor announced mid-year cuts to many areas of state government. Funding for state and community colleges and the University of Massachusetts is being reduced by $62 […]
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Feds Agree with PHENOM: Mass. Misused Stimulus Funds
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General issued an “alert memorandum” dated September 2009 which documents loopholes in the federal stimulus law that allowed at least 3 states, including Massachusetts, […]
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Midnight Classes?!
In case you weren’t convinced that enrollments at community colleges were way up, and that resources are stretched to the breaking point….Bunker Hill Community College is now offering some classes […]
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Massachusetts Neglects Its Public Colleges: New Study Documents Meltdown
The report demonstrates the downward trend that students and staff at our public colleges have been feeling in their guts as fewer faculty teach larger classes, buildings crumble, and students […]
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Commentary: The New GI Bill
President Obama explained the rationale this way: “This is not simply a debt that we are repaying to the remarkable men and women who have served — it is an investment […]
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Students may be eligible for Food Stamps
PHENOM is supporting the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute’s campaign to publicize eligibility rules for food stamps as they apply to college students. Currently, 1,700 Massachusetts college students receive food stamps, […]