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What does it mean to have truly affordable college? It means having the guarantee of tuition-free college as a right with no ifs, ands or buts. This is why we […]

Massachusetts has just set a huge example for the rest of America by approving free community college! After a long series of drawn-out negotiations between the Massachusetts House of Representatives […]

Amherst, MA — As a non-profit dedicated to improving public higher education in Massachusetts, we at the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) unequivocally condemn the University of Massachusetts-Amherst […]

While PHENOM’s goal of tuition-free public college is still a work in progress, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has fortunately brought us a step closer with its MassGrant and MassGrant PLUS […]

Here’s what to know about Massachusetts’ MassReconnect program, which gives all Massachusetts residents over 25 without a degree the chance to go to community college for free!  In August 2023, […]

Activists of UMass-Amherst Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), Amherst College YDSA, Hampshire College YDSA and PHENOM joined forces to call on Massachusetts’ richest universities like Amherst College pay their […]