Legislature should look to private donations to fund UMass
Avoid tuition hikes, which burden families for decades to come
By 
Bob Hildreth
education funding, Governor Charlie Baker, Higher education, UMass
0 Comments
HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING and the cost of attending the University of Massachusetts generated significant controversy in the budget just passed by the Massachusetts Legislature and signed by Gov. Charlie Baker. While UMass received funding increases in the 2020 fiscal year budget, overall per-student state funding for public higher education has decreased by more than 30 percent since 2001. The result is(...)