Last month, the College Democrats of Massachusetts endorsed SD. 599 and HD. 1035, otherwise known as the "Education Equity Bill." This post, authored by the College Democrats of Massachusetts Latin@ Caucus, lays out why CDM endorsed this … [Read more...]
Koch Influence on Higher Ed: Letter to New Suffolk University President
President Smith, As a proud alumna of Suffolk University, I’d first like to say: welcome to our University! New leadership means a fresh start and I'm excited to see what opportunities your presidency will present for the Suffolk … [Read more...]
Education Investment (Not Low Taxes) is Key to State Prosperity
A new paper released today by EARN (the Economic Analysis and Research Network) looks at what states can do to create strong state economies that support high wage jobs for their people. Is it low taxes, well educated workers, or something … [Read more...]
Increasing Transparency in Higher Education
These provisions would be in addition to the current filing requirements made to the attorney general. As we learned from the financial meltdown, self-regulation simply doesn't work. Accountability and transparency are vital to good … [Read more...]
Cost of College: Notes from America’s Most Indebted Generation
UMass Boston was recently featured in a superlative ten-minute piece from PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on the opressive rise in college costs and student debt. College costs have been climbing for years. Since the early '80s, … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Governor Patrick’s proposal on community college tuition?
Greetings from MassINC! We think that BMG regulars might be interested in a special online forum we've just launched regarding the Governor's proposal for free community college tuition. It's under the auspices of our publication … [Read more...]
WTF is Up With UMass?
The "Andy Card controversy" on the UMass Amherst campus has suddenly been displaced by system President Jack Wilson's announcement of several high-level personnel shifts and a "trial run" of a plan to have Wilson supervise the Amherst … [Read more...]
Only 400 illegal immigrants would get in state tuition? Your kidding?
From The Boston Globe 11/09/05The Massachusetts tuition measure, which largely mirrors those passed in the other nine states, would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to obtain in-state college tuition rates if they attended Bay … [Read more...]