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Homegrown: Meehan committed to UMass for the long haul

BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts might be going places, but Marty Meehan, the former congressman from Lowell who will be sworn in Thursday as the University's 27th president, is staying put. "You can't have transformational change in just two or three years," Meehan said

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Pay hikes in UMass president’s office spur questions

BOSTON – University of Massachusetts officials defended the system's pay policies Wednesday after the Boston Herald reported some hefty salary increases for President Marty Meehan's already highly compensated staff, pointing out they came as Meehan is trying to get $10.9 million from the Legislature to cover

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UMass Foundation agrees to divest from coal companies

STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Foundation will divest its $770 million endowment from investments in coal companies, marking a victory for climate change activists looking to bring financial pressures to bear on carbon emitters. The UMass Foundation Board, which manages the five-campus system's charitable contributions and endowment,

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Students push in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants

BOSTON – With legislation that would give undocumented immigrants in-state tuition rates approaching its tenth month in committee, members of a student group supporting the move piled into Rep. Tom Sannicandro's office Thursday, calling on the co-chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education to schedule the bill for

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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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State’s highest-paid employee is UMass hoops coach

It pays to coach a Division I revenue sport. According to the Massachusetts state employee salary database, the Bay State worker who hauled in the most earnings last year was not the governor or university president.

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Trustee: Lawmakers need to ‘see what they’ve got’ at UMass

Written by Colin A. Young BOSTON — As the University of Massachusetts seeks to hammer out a multi-year funding strategy with the state, trustees suggested Wednesday that Beacon Hill lawmakers should take a bus tour of the UMass campuses to "see what they've got."

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Meehan mum about UMass committee’s closed session

Written by Colin A. Young BOSTON — A committee of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees on Wednesday met in a closed session to discuss an "on-going investigation" under a state law that allows public bodies to meet in private to discuss possible criminal activity.