Category: PHENOM Blog
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Public Higher Education Recap #2
High Quality and Free = A Public Higher Education System Our People Deserve We in PHENOM don’t believe in “zero sum” games. We don’t believe that having a high-quality public […]
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PHENOM Testifies at Investment/Funding Hearing Before the Joint Committee on Higher Education
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, PHENOM’s Executive Director, Natalie Higgins, testified before the Joint Committee on Higher Education. Here is her testimony: I am writing to you today as the […]
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PHENOM’s Executive Director Testifies for More Affordable and Accessible Public Higher Education
Amongst the dozens of people who crammed into a room at the State House to testify about higher education bills Wednesday, one demographic was noticeably absent — students. Still, Natalie […]
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PHENOM’s First Public Higher Ed Recap
PHENOM is starting the new academic year by launching a biweekly message to key individuals in public higher education policy and activism like yourself. We will offer brief commentary on […]
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Organizing Director Ferd Wulkan Responds to Marty Meehan’s statement in the Globe (09/04/15)
Marty Meehan’s eloquent statement on the importance of public higher education and the problem of declining state support and rising tuition and fees is right on the mark. We in […]
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Max Page: Free public higher education is within state’s reach (in the Daily Hampshire Gazette)
PHENOM Board Member Max Page wrote a letter to the editor about the rising costs of public higher education and the need for a real push to make public higher […]
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PHENOM Board Member, Max Page, Discusses Free Higher Ed
Check out Max Page, a PHENOM Board Member and Professor of Architecture and History at UMass Amherst discuss Free Public Higher Ed at the MTA’s Ed Talks. To learn […]
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PHENOM Joins National Partners in Letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Proposed REPAYE Plan
This morning a coalition of 23 state and national organizations sent a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan with comments on the proposed REPAYE program. “The proposed regulations include […]
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PHENOM joins RUM as it officially launches the Fair Share Amendment Campaign
“When education is made unaffordable you severely limit the upward mobility of the most vulnerable segments of our population. Education for me is the only way I can create a […]
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Where is Free College Becoming a Reality?
The Tennessee Promise is both a scholarship and mentoring program. High school seniors receive a last-dollar scholarship, covering tuition and fees not already covered by the PELL Grant, the HOPE […]