Category: Reports & Publications

In February of this year, Quebec students began an unlimited general strike to oppose a tuition increase from $2,168 to $3,793 between 2012 and 2017 announced by the Liberal government […]

by Lisa Field   At the annual Delegate Assembly, held at UMass Boston in June, a group of delegates brought forward a proposal to increase diversity and representativeness in PHENOM. […]

by Ferd Wulkan The Massachusetts class of 2010 (public and private 4-year colleges) graduated with an average debt of $25,541, 12th  highest among the 50 states. 63% of students graduated […]

Want ideas on how to talk with people about taxes and policy choices to support higher education and other important state services?  Check out this great new slide show from […]

By Nicole Ouimette Students for Affordable, Accessible and Valuable Education (SAVE) is a club at Holyoke Commu-nity College (HCC). It was formed in September 2011 out of a need for […]

An Interview with Hollywood Aman Student leaders from around the state have begun talking about forming a Statewide Student Association (SSA) of the sort found in many other states. Typically […]

by Alex Kulenovic, PHENOM Organizing Director These are very interesting and challenging times for public higher education, dominated by scarcity in funding and “solutions” that do not fit the problems. […]

by Ken Haar, Westfield State University What began in January 2011 as an attempt to get all the advocates of public higher education in the same room to support the […]