Category: PHENOM Blog
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PHENOM Testimony to Ways and Means Committees
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 Most people recognize public higher education as a means of upward mobility for individual Massachusetts residents. Legislators are also keenly aware that it is a top economic […]
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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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Governor to Speak at Higher Ed Advocacy Day – Sign Up Now!
Governor Patrick (along with passionate and articulate students) will address what promises to be a record-setting crowd at this year’s Public Higher Education Day of Advocacy on March 5. Sign […]
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Why Student Costs Have Risen: A Simple Graph
Yes, it is really this simple. AS STATE APPROPRIATIONS WERE CUT, CAMPUSES RAISED STUDENT FEES. IF STATE SUPPORT WENT BACK UP, STUDENT FEES COULD GO DOWN!
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Details of Governor’s Higher Ed and Tax Proposals
Thanks, as always to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, for their quick and concise analysis: Higher Education The Governor’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 proposal for higher education makes steady […]
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Advocacy Day – March 5
Now, this day looms larger than ever in determining the future of public higher education in Massachusetts. The Governor has made dramatic proposals for reinvesting in our students and our […]
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Governor Calls for Major Investment in Higher Education
On January 15, Governor Patrick called for major new investments in education, and proposed a set of very progressive tax reforms to pay for them This is potentially the biggest […]
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Advocacy Day Infects State House with Higher Ed Fervor
Over 500 students, staff and faculty from almost every one of the public campuses came to the State House on March 8, 2012 with a simple powerful message: Public Higher […]
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Could this be the year we win progressive taxes?
by Max Page First, the bad news. Once again, when all the dust settled on the budget, the Governor and Legislature pushed through takeaways from public employees and continued […]