Thank Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her efforts to cut student loan interest rates bysigning PHENOM’s thank you card. Almost a million Massachusetts residents owe more than $24,000,000,000 (that’s billion!) in student debt, much of it at high interest rates. Private banks and the federal government have been making a ton of money on these loans, […]
It’s PHENOM’s Fall General Assembly Meeting. You can count on good food, great conversations, and lots of awesome people making public higher education in Massachusetts affordable and accessible. Help us develop an action plan for the upcoming year. And a special shout out to our fantastic community partner Massachusetts Jobs with Justice! for donating the […]
The Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA). PHENOM will be providing stipends to MTA members on at least eight campuses to coordinate and maintain PHENOM chapters at institutions of public higher education across Massachusetts. Funding will also be available for a […]
The Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy (TRED) will be holding its third Annual Conference, How Public is Public Education, November 14 and 15, 2014, at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The theme of the 2014 conference, How Public is Public Education?, reflects the critical elements within and beyond the field of education that need to be discussed, heard, and analyzed as we search for solutions. Professors, students, educational leaders, and the public are all welcome to submit proposals and to attend the conference.
MOVIE and DISCUSSION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17th 5:30 – 7:00pm Frederick Douglass Unity House “PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE” This important film chronicles the epic civil rights battle waged by Tucson, Arizona High School Students and their teachers to save ethnic studies classes. Link to film trailer: http://vimeo.com/15062646 This event is FREE and all are welcome. Refreshments will be […]
On Tuesday, December 2nd at noon in the Unity House @ UMass Dartmouth: On September 26, 2014, forty three students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College went missing in Iguala, Mexico. They had been participants in a protest against the Mexican government for its discriminatory employment and funding polices. “Where are the 43?” […]
Holyoke Community College President Bill Messner and State Representative Aaron Vega invite you to an Informational and Fundraising Party for PHENOM.
UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, MSP President Randy Phillis, and PSU Co-Chairs Jo Martone and Joanne Levenson invite you to an informational and fundraising party for PHENOM.
PHENOM is participating in the third Valley Gives Day, scheduled for December 10, 2014. VGD is hosted by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts in partnership with the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, the Jewish Endowment Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts, the Pioneer Valley United Way, the The Davis Foundation, the United Way […]
Attention Fitchburg/Leominster parents! You’re invited to our first discussion! Come meet with other parents and teachers to discuss: What you would like to see in schools and in your community What questions or concerns do you have about schools in your community? How we can work together and support each other How to prepare your […]
