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Guest Column- Massachusetts Public Higher Education: Separate and Unequal?
By Ira Rubenzahl, President, Springfield Technical Community College When we look back on terrible wrongs–slavery, unjust wars, periods of deep and pervasive inequality–we may wonder how individuals tolerated and ignored […]
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Chatting with MTA’s New President
On July 15, Barbara Madeloni took office as President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the 113,000-member union of educators in public schools in Massachusetts. This follows a year-long campaign during […]
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Free Higher Ed: No Longer a Pipe Dream
PHENOM fights for better state funding, lower student costs, and improved access to public higher education. Even when we make important gains – like the fee freeze – we are […]
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In Montreal, Students Discuss Organizing Strategy
The success of the massive 2012 student strike in Quebec, which lasted more than 6 months, involved over 200,000 students, and brought down the provincial government, demonstrated that students were […]
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Celebrating a Sea Change
Any program of dramatic change sounds preposterous when first proposed, especially when it runs up against a decades-long status quo. But change is the only constant, and you should never […]
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Department of Higher Education FY 12 Budget Request
The annual budget request compiled by the Board of Higher Education is a good source of information and data.
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Demos: How Financial Aid Makes a Difference
This report argues that to increase postsecondary success among low- to moderate-income students, we must reform financial aid and provide additional financial supports to help students cover the cost of […]
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PHENOMenal Walkers
PHENOMenal Walkers Meet some of the PHENOMenal Walkers who will be walking part or all of the 114 miles from Pittsfield to the State House in Boston to Defend Public […]
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Interview with Senator Stan Rosenberg
Co-Chair of the Public Higher Education Legislative Caucus Senator Stan Rosenberg is co-chair (with Rep. Sean Garballey) of the Legislature’s new Public Higher Education Caucus. At its first meeting on […]