Category: News & Commentary
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PHENOM-enal rally for a Better State of Mind
This newsletter from the Massachusetts Community College Council contains a very detailed report and great photos from PHENOM’s Rally, March, Race to the Median, and State House Day March 8, 2010.
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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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Largest Cut to Public Higher Education in a Decade
PHENOM Criticizes State Budget which Makes the Largest Cut to Public Higher Education in a Decade The budget Governor Patrick signed on June 30 slashes funding for Massachusetts Community Colleges, […]
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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 […]
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Budget in Conference Committee
The Conference Committee will resolve differences in the FY 2011 state budgets passed by the House and the Senate. The Senate budget proposal provides $918.8 million for our campuses — […]
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PHENOM Calls on the Senate to Level Fund Public Higher Education
PHENOM has been at the forefront of pressuring the state to give public higher education its fair share of the federal stimulus monies. In 2009, PHENOM filed a formal complaint […]
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Rep. Patrick on Equitable Taxes
Read this important viewpoint on Revenues from Rep. Matthew Patrick who recently introduced an amendment to the House budget that would have restored the 12% rate on unearned income (dividends and […]
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Taxes for Public Higher Education
On May 18, voters in Arizona approved Proposition 100, which will temporarily increase the sales tax by one cent on the dollar to fund both K-12 and higher education. In […]
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Federal Bailout: Not for Education?
Congress took a step Thursday toward disappointing education leaders who are hoping for another large injection of federal funds, even as the Obama administration stepped up its advocacy for such […]
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Letter on “Vision Project” in Boston Globe
For higher ed, ‘Vision’ first, then follow-through May 14, 2010 KUDOS FOR editorializing that “there is something fundamentally wrong with a state education system that puts so much attention on […]