Category: Higher Education Reports
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Updated data about Massachusetts public higher education
Despite last year’s significant increase in state appropriations and the accompanying freeze in tuition and mandatory fees, Massachusetts public colleges and universities are still significantly underfunded and expensive compared to […]
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Higher Learning, Lower Funding: New Report on MA Public Higher Education
This new report from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center presents clear, simple graphs and text. As fascinating as it is disturbing, it will be very useful to advocates of […]
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A Well-Educated Workforce is Key to State Prosperity
This is a new report co-authored by Noah Berger from the Mass. Budget and Policy Center. It demonstrates that a sta te’s best economic development strategy is providing expanded access […]
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PHENOM Goes to Quebec
11 Massachusetts activists went on a PHENOM-sponsored trip to Montreal for several days in May. The purpose was to learn from student activists who had participated in last year’s student […]
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Per Student Support for Public Higher Education
This graph shows how state support for public higher education students has declined dramatically, But if the budget proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee is passed, we’ll start […]
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3 Proposals for Funding Public Higher Education
PHENOM belongs to the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) . At a recent news briefing, three scholars representing faculty across the U.S. strongly advocated for a change […]
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Why Does So Much State Financial Aid Go to Private Colleges?
Only 5 states in the country send a smaller proportion of their state financial aid grants to public colleges. According to a new report by the National Association of State […]
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Obama Administration Report Shows Causes of Increased Student Costs
No, it’s not faculty salaries. Nor is it “waste and inefficiency”. It’s decline in state support. This report by the U.S. Treasury and Education Departments lays out the facts very […]
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UMass Amherst – 10 Years of Change
This simple chart shows what has happened to enrollment, faculty, student costs, and state appropriations. It’s quite dramatic. The trends are similar at all the public campuses in Massachusetts.
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New Research Shows Economic Value of Investing in Public Higher Education
PHENOM joined the Massachusetts Society of Professors in the State House release of an important new research study: Economic Impact of Investment in Public Higher Education in Massachusetts:: Short-Run Employment […]