Category: PHENOM Blog
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FY 2015 Budget – Good but not Good Enough
We are very pleased that the 2014-15 budget includes an increase in state appropriations for all of the campuses in the Public Higher Education system for the third year in […]
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A Fiery End to Student Debt
A young artist in Chile recently took matters into his own hands and stole and burned up $500 million worth of tuition contracts from the for-profit Universidad del Mar. This […]
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PHENOM is hiring!
PHENOM is looking for a passionate advocate for public higher education to be its first Executive Director. This person would work closely with our PHENOMenal Board as an organizer, fundraiser, […]
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Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions?
That’s the title of a snappy new 5-minute video produced by our friends at the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education. Debunking some of the hype about MOOCs, the […]
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Don’t You Wish You Lived in North Dakota
Most states fund public higher education at much lower levels than they did 5 or 10 years ago. Massachusetts cut state spending per student by 36.3%; only 7 states cut […]
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“The Education Department has a profit motive”
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal government will make a profit of $127 billion over the next ten years from lending to college students and their families. This […]
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Free Community College? Try Tennessee!
The Republican Governor of Tennessee has proposed that 2 years of community college or technical school should be free for all students. Under Governor Haslam’s proposal, free access would not […]
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Higher Ed Advocacy Day – March 5, 2014
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and other advocates for public higher education will be at the State House Wed., March 5 to talk with our legislators. SIGN UP HERE! Download […]
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Cool Stuff from the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education
The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) is a national campaign that examines and fights against the corporatization and privatization of public higher education. 4 PHENOM members attended […]
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PHENOM Hiring an Executive Director
PHENOM is hiring an Executive Director who will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for PHENOM’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. Please see the full job posting […]