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Photo: Erika Civitarese, UMass Amherst senior, speaks at Advocacy Day 2017. (Courtesy of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education)
Thank you for making Public Higher Education Advocacy Day 2017 a success, please fill out a quick survey at bit.ly/PHEADSurvey (link) so we can do better next year.
Press Coverage
- State House News Service: “State Budget Climate May Force More Costs on Public Higher Ed Students” (link)
Featured in: Worcester Telegram and Gazette (link), SouthCoast Today (link), Newburyport Daily News (link), and others in print.
- Lowell Sun: “Does Beacon Hill want quality, affordable college?” (link)
Featured in: Sentinel & Enterprise (link)
- MassLive: “Massachusetts college students ask for more funding for higher ed, free tuition for a year” (link)
- Massachusetts Daily Collegian (UMass Amherst): “UMass students gather in Boston to advocate for higher-education affordability” (link)
- Daily Free Press (Boston University): “PHENOM’s Public Higher Education Advocacy Day highlights need for affordable tuition” (link)
- WWLP-22 News (Springfield): “College students push for state investment in higher education” (link)
- Bay State Banner: “Advocates call for more affordable public higher education” (link)
Video
Watch a Live Recording of the Rally and Speaking Program on Facebook (link).
HD video footage of the rally and speaking program will be available next week. You can also watch the recording of the livestream on Twitter/Periscope here (link).
Photos
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Social Media
We’re proud of our students who came to the State House today to show support for their schools at Public Higher Ed Advocacy Day! #PHEAD2017 pic.twitter.com/E85CEN6Lj8
— MA Dept of Higher Ed (@MassDHE) March 1, 2017
Former @MassPHENOM director @Rep_Higgins talks about her experiences as first generation college student at public higher ed advocacy day pic.twitter.com/5OdrzZtbWv
— Katie Lannan (@katielannan) March 1, 2017
Public policy is the product of collaboration. Great to have @MassArt & @UMassAmherst students meet w/ my team RE: #highered. #PHEAD2017 pic.twitter.com/yjSbCByqY5
— Michael O. Moore (@SenMikeMoore) March 1, 2017