Tag: Student Debt
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Update: PHENOM is hiring a new Executive Director and Organizing Director!
PHENOM is hiring for a new Executive Director and Organizing Director! We are excited to announce our search for new part-time leadership going into this season. Find the position descriptions […]
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RELEASE: National Report Recognizes Massachusetts Advocates Leading Student Debt Charge; Over 15 Percent of Massachusetts Zip Codes Hold Alarming Rates of Loan Balances
RELEASE: National Report Recognizes Massachusetts Advocates Leading Student Debt Charge; Over 15 Percent of Massachusetts Zip Codes Hold Alarming Rates of Loan Balances FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kyle Epstein kepstein@americanprogress.org; […]
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Coverage of Fair Share Amendment Rally, Exploring the Geography of Student Debt Event, and only THREE more days to meet our Challenge! Will you help us get there?
One week into our 10 Days to $10K Challenge, you’ve raised more than $3,600. That means we’re less than $1,400 from meeting our $5,000 match — doubling our fundraising. Help […]
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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 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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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 responds to President Obama’s Free Community College Proposal
By Natalie Higgins, PHENOM’s Executive Director Excerpted from 2015 Spring Newsletter President Obama’s free community college proposal put affordability and accessibility of public higher education on the national agenda in a […]
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PHENOM’s State Legislative Agenda
As the new state legislative session is kicking off, there are many proposals PHENOM is excited to support because they will promote accessible and affordable, quality public higher education in […]