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Massachusetts

Mass. Senate ready to make case for higher education funding increases

STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate is poised in the coming weeks to press the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to make larger investments in public higher education. The fiscal 2017 budget proposal (S 4) marked for released Tuesday by the Senate Ways and Means Committee will call for a $13

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Senate panel backs 3.5% spending boost in state budget

BOSTON – A Senate committee on Tuesday unanimously endorsed an annual budget that includes funding for 150 new residential substance abuse treatment beds, hundreds of new rental assistance vouchers and investments in education programs that exceed appropriations approved by the House in April. The $39.497 billion budget roughly hews to

women

Where the boys aren’t: A look at the ratios of males to females on campus

When it comes to undergraduate higher education, American women outpace their male counterparts, including at area colleges. In 2012, women on campus outnumbered men 57 percent to 43 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In 2014, American women nationwide between the ages 25 to 34 were 20

Title IX

Catholic college offers religious freedom training

Washington, D.C. – The future of religious freedom in the United States will one day be in the care of today's college students, so one Catholic college is working to equip them for that struggle. Wyoming Catholic College is trying to form a "community of people who

professors

The lowering of higher education: The professors

It is difficult to see established institutions change. When exactly did our colleges and universities shift from places devoted to transforming our children into mature and thoughtful adults into self-focused consumers? When did higher education become so driven by the bottom line? And, more fundamentally, when did professors morph from

Boston University

The lowering of higher education

Colleges and universities have been in the news much of late. The news, however, has been strangely devoid of comment on high education's essential mission; engaging students in the world of ideas and getting them ready for their life's journey. Instead, the news reports are about

umass

Tuition costs at UMass should — and can — go down

Since 2008, tuition at Massachusetts public four year colleges has increased more than 21 percent, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In June, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition and fees for the 2015-16 academic year by more than 5 percent. Students,

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Asinine in academia

If anyone wonders why I often write about the antics that go on in academia, it's not merely because I've spent 25 years as an academic — and so I know the way the sausage is made. It is also because higher education in the United States