BOSTON — Bristling at a report that the University of Massachusetts sent more merit scholarship dollars to out-of-state students, university officials on Wednesday said no taxpayer money goes to out-of-state students and encouraged analysis of the positive tuition impacts involved with recruiting out-of-state students.
The Boston Globe on Sunday reported UMass awarded $22 million in merit scholarships to out-of-state students in 2015 compared to $9.9 million for in-state students. "Why should the taxpayers be paying to provide scholarships to out-of-state students?" Greg Sullivan, research director at the Pioneer Institute, asked the Globe.
STATE HOUSE — At 11 years old, Alena Mulhern has her sights set on the Oval Office, and with help from a relative on Beacon Hill has embarked on a campaign to eliminate a major barrier she faces on her road to the White House.
Adopted when she was 10 months old, Mulhern, of Kingston, is on track to meet nearly every qualification needed to make a run for the nation's highest office in 2040 – when she'd be the constitutionally required age of 35 years old – except that she was born in China.
