Category: Higher Education Reports
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Documenting the Disinvestment in Public Higher Education
An important new report from Dēmos contains a wealth of data about what they call “The Great Cost Shift:” – the disinvestment in public higher education and the shift in […]
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Top 10 Reasons for Massachusetts to Invest in Public Higher Education
This concise but comprehensive compilation is meant to be helpful to individuals and organizations advocating for improved state funding for our campuses. They are being distributed to all legislators, one […]
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Department of Higher Education FY 12 Budget Request
The annual budget request compiled by the Board of Higher Education is a good source of information and data.
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The Crisis of Public Education: Budget Cuts, Deficits and the Lies Behind Them
This fact sheet explains how and why “austerity” is being used to cut public education. “The truth is the money does exist. Returning tax rates on those making over $500,000 […]
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Demos: How Financial Aid Makes a Difference
This report argues that to increase postsecondary success among low- to moderate-income students, we must reform financial aid and provide additional financial supports to help students cover the cost of […]
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Boston Foundaton Report on Community Colleges
PHENOM does not endorse the ideas presented in this report.
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Fighting Tuition Increases in the U.K.
Fight Back: A Reader on the Winter of Protest is a free e-book on the massive protests against tuition increases in Great Britain.
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Commissioner Freeland’s Vision
Massachusetts Higher Education Commissioner Richard Freeland is an outspoken advocate not shy about bragging about what’s good, or about highlighting the shortcomings, of our public higher education system. His recent […]
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The Shrinking Value of MassGrant
MassGrant is the state’s main program of need-based financial aid. As costs have risen, MassGrant has been cut. These 2 graphs and report from the Department of Higher Education’s FY 2011 […]
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Dramatic Increase in Enrollments
Enrollments in 2009-10 at Massachusetts public colleges increased dramatically, especially at the community colleges. The 7% increase in students in Fall 2009 compared to a year before is unprecedented and […]