Category: Reports & Publications

MassGrant is the state’s main program of need-based financial aid. As costs have risen, MassGrant has been cut. These 2 graphs and report from the Department of Higher Education’s FY 2011 […]

Enrollments in 2009-10 at Massachusetts public colleges increased dramatically, especially at the community colleges.  The 7% increase in students in Fall 2009 compared to a year before is unprecedented and […]

Legislators make choices, and ours have chosen to disproportionately target our public campuses, our students, and our economic future.  Legislators in other states also face difficult choices and they have […]

This report on State Higher Education Finances has valuable data, charts and tables that show how Massachusetts Higher Ed compares to other states.

This report from Demos documents how “financial supports can improve postsecondary success”. Just as a postsecondary education has become essential for getting a decent job and entering the  middle class, […]

The “uncoordinated cutting of funding for higher education that we generally see in U.S. state systems” has not been seen in other countries, says a report by the Center for Studies in […]