Advocating for state reinvestment in public higher education on a scale similar to that made in 2019 for preK-12 public education, the Higher Ed For All coalition announced its goals at a State House event. read full story
As schools across Massachusetts prepare to administer the MCAS this spring, a new poll by Echo Cove Research shows strong public support for changing the high-stakes nature of this test, as recommended by the Thrive Act. Currently, Massachusetts is one… Read More »New poll shows strong public support for higher ed funding and changes to high-stakes testing
When I was accepted to a graduate program at New York University, I was working full time as a janitor. An old worksupervisor checked in with me and asked how I was. I told him I was nervous and excited about… Read More »Community college started me toward my PhD
IN A RECENT CommonWealth commentary piece, Christopher Geary laid out the many complications and carve-outs created by many of the “debt-free” public higher education plans across the nation. read the full story
BOSTON — State Senate President Karen Spilka appears to largely be in agreement with new Gov. Maura Healey on at least one key educational policy — free community college. read the full story
We’re less than a week into Gov. Maura Healey’s new administration. Healey herself is still “quite literally” figuring out her way around the State House. But, already, a focal point of the new legislative session has emerged: free community college… Read More »Mass. leaders are eyeing free community college — at least for some residents
After winning a long fight to impose a surtax on the state’s highest earners designed to fund education and transportation, unions and educators from across Massachusetts are making it clear that public higher education is on the top of their… Read More »Mass. Unions Plan Offensive to Invest in Public Higher Education
We’re less than a week into Gov. Maura Healey’s new administration. Healey herself is still “quite literally” figuring out her way around the State House. But, already, a focal point of the new legislative session has emerged: free community college… Read More »Mass. leaders are eyeing free community college — at least for some residents
The Massachusetts Campus Debt Reveal Project, a coalition of faculty and student organizers at public colleges and universities, has published a comprehensive statewide report on institutional debt. The group plans to share the Debt Audit Tool Kit it developed with colleges… Read More »Report on campus debt uncovers larger problems facing public higher education
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