Category: Higher Education News
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Everything you wanted to know about UMass Amherst
This article from the Springfield Republican summarizes the major trends at UMass Amherst, including funding, construction, student costs, a shift to a market mentality, and student debt.
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UMass Budget Request
The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted on December 14 to seek a 20% increase in its budget from the state in Fiscal Year 2013. This is an unusually […]
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Higher Ed Left Out in the Cold….Again
In the last few weeks, three announcements show, once again, that rhetoric and reality face a severe disconnect on Beacon Hill when it comes to public higher education. First, the […]
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House Budget Proposal FY 2012
The FY 2012 House Ways & Means budget proposes: $818 million in direct appropriations to the state’s campuses of public higher education. Of this total, $418 million is for UMass, […]
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Make UMass Affordable
The average debt levels for students at Williams, Amherst College, Wellesley, Harvard, and MIT range between $8,000 and $15,000. At UMass Amherst it is $23,614. This article in the February 23, 2011 Boston […]
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College Affordability is Top Public Worry
(reprinted from Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 3, 2011) More Americans who identify themselves as struggling economically are worried about the affordability of higher education than about any other financial stress, […]
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Higher Education Chief Decries Cuts in Funding
By Tracy Jan Globe Staff / September 9, 2010 Massachusetts higher education commissioner Richard Freeland criticized state legislators yesterday for continuing to cut funding for public universities and colleges amid […]
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Understanding Our Tax System: A Primer for Active Citizens
An Introduction to the MassBudget Tax Primer By: Kurt Wise and Noah Berger Thursday, September 9, 2010 Taxes are the way that we combine our resources, through government, to accomplish […]
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Other States Increase Support for Public Higher Education
It’s the recession. It’s the trend. It’s the times. We hear all sorts of reasons why we can’t expect increased investment in public higher education these days. But wait….look what’s […]
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Conference Committee Cuts 12% from Public Higher Education Budget
The Governor had allocated all of the remaining $96 million from the ARRA funds to public higher education. The Conference Committee puts $75.3 million of the funds to K-12, to […]