From small technical schools to big state universities, plans are underway for graduation. Excited graduates will celebrate with their friends. Proud parents will take dozens of photos. Distinguished speakers will give advice about … [Read more...]
Tax the 1% in Massachusetts (revised)
How can we take advantage of the furor over income inequality and increase state revenues by taxing the 1%? David informs me (see first comment) that the Massachusetts constitution calls for a single income tax rate for everyone! Raising … [Read more...]
Scott Brown was the first to respond…
Senator Brown's Response can be found here. Maybe the others are taking more time with the letter; maybe they are drafting a more thorough and thoughtful response; maybe they are getting together to figure out how to actually help stop a … [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...]
How we fix the student loan system
Recent investigations have uncovered misbehavior by the lending industry, often in cahoots with colleges, at the expense of students. Federal law is intended to protect students by guaranteeing that loans must help students, not produce … [Read more...]