PHENOM Hosts Forum on Public Higher Education for the Candidates for State Representative in the 3rd Hampshire District

Yesterday, PHENOM hosted a forum on public higher education with the six candidates for State Representative in the 3rd Hampshire District: Vira Douangmany Cage, Solomon Goldstein-Rose, Sarah la Cour, Bonnie MacCracken, Eric Nakajima, and Lawrence O’Brien. Huge thanks to Ferd Wulkan and Max Page for organizing and moderating and Carl Ericson and Zac Bears for […]

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Baker Administration Makes Dangerous Cuts to Public Higher Education in Budget Vetoes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2016 Contact: Natalie Higgins, nhiggins@phenomonline.org, 978-227-8473   Baker Administration Makes Dangerous Cuts to Public Higher Education in Budget Vetoes   Boston, MA — Members of the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) are disturbed by Gov. Baker’s decision to forcibly pass his preferred policies into law under the guise […]

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PHENOM Board Member Max Page in the

PHENOM Board Member Max Page in a Letter to the Editor of the Herald News: If Jim Stergios and Greg Sullivan (“Time for UMass to implement needed fiscal reforms“) wrote an analysis about Shakespeare’s play Hamlet they’d figure out a way to leave out the Danish prince. Their op-ed on UMass’s budget pretends to be […]

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PHENOM’s Executive Director in the Boston Globe, “Is Hillary Clinton’s Tuition Plan Doable?”

PHENOM’s Executive Director in the Boston Globe, “Is Hillary Clinton’s Tuition Plan Doable?”: Advocates agreed, saying the plan would ease a crushing financial burden on young people, even if it does not go as far as Sanders’ promise to eliminate tuition for all, regardless of income. “I think this is a really great step toward […]

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PHENOM supports the UMass Boston Faculty Staff Union in its campaign to save UMass Boston and its urban mission

The UMass Boston administration recently issued non-reappointment notices to almost 400 adjunct professors (approximately ⅓ of the total faculty) for the Fall 2016 semester. The administration also announced plans to increase the student-to-faculty ratio by more than 20%, while indicating that it may raise tuition and fees for the second consecutive year even with climbing […]

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