Tag: Access
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PHENOM Testifies at Investment/Funding Hearing Before the Joint Committee on Higher Education
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, PHENOM’s Executive Director, Natalie Higgins, testified before the Joint Committee on Higher Education. Here is her testimony: I am writing to you today as the […]
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PHENOM’s Executive Director Testifies for More Affordable and Accessible Public Higher Education
Amongst the dozens of people who crammed into a room at the State House to testify about higher education bills Wednesday, one demographic was noticeably absent — students. Still, Natalie […]
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PHENOM Joins National Partners in Letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Proposed REPAYE Plan
This morning a coalition of 23 state and national organizations sent a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan with comments on the proposed REPAYE program. “The proposed regulations include […]
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PHENOM joins RUM as it officially launches the Fair Share Amendment Campaign
“When education is made unaffordable you severely limit the upward mobility of the most vulnerable segments of our population. Education for me is the only way I can create a […]
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Where is Free College Becoming a Reality?
The Tennessee Promise is both a scholarship and mentoring program. High school seniors receive a last-dollar scholarship, covering tuition and fees not already covered by the PELL Grant, the HOPE […]
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Taking on the Corporatization of Higher Education
Excerpted from the 2015 Spring Newsletter On March 18, 2015, PHENOM joined the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston and Massachusetts Jobs with Justice to host an educational and action-oriented […]
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Impact: Student Debt Shaves Economic Growth in Massachusetts
Excerpted from the 2015 Spring Newsletter $2.5 billion a year goes to loan repayment instead of commerce By Anastasia Wilson Anyone concerned about student debt in our state can look […]
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MassBudget: What would it take to make Public Higher Education Debt Free in Mass?
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center released a new report: Debt-Free Public Higher Education: What Would It Take? The Report calculates the cost of (1) eliminating tuition and fees […]
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Four Campus Chapters Building Their Strength to Make a Difference
Excerpted from 2015 Spring Newsletter STCC PHENOM Chapter by Juhi Dasrath Springfield Technical Community College’s campus chapter had the great opportunity to be a part of Advocacy Day, where we […]
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PHENOM Testifies in Support of Education Equity for Immigrant Students
We attended the Education Equity Hearing with our brothers and sisters at the Student Immigrant Movement at the State House today. There were more than 150 advocates in the hearing […]