Massachusetts Higher Education Summit with Governor-Elect Deval Patrick
Governor-Elect Deval Patrick has accepted our invitation to attend a Higher Education Summit organized by a coalition of campus unions and student organizations. He and his public higher education working group will host a "community meeting" on public higher education in the Campus Center Auditorium to which all students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited.
Members of the coalition believe that this is a unique moment to push forward with a visionary agenda for improving public higher education in the state.
The Public Higher Education Coalition has prepared a report entitled "Advancing Public Higher Education: A Roadmap for Governor Patrick." The report calls for increasing and stabilizing the funding for the public higher education system; dramatically easing tuition and fees; expanding the accessibility of the system; investing in more teachers and researchers; and democratizing public higher education.
The report will be available at the Summit on Friday and on the faculty union website (www.umass.edu/msp).
Community Meeting: Campus Center Auditorium, 10:30-noon
Strategy Sessions: noon to 1 (lunch provided), open to all:
Funding Public Higher Ed - Campus Center 174
Affordability - Campus Center 176
Accessibility - Campus Center 172
More Faculty - Campus Center 165-69
Democratizing Higher Ed - Campus Center 170-68
