Investing in public higher education
With recent investments in college affordability, Massachusetts jumped from 26th in the nation to 12th in the nation in financial assistance rankings. Not surprisingly, news broke recently in [...]
Launching #MassReconnect and free nursing
On August 31, 2023, elected officials and community college presidents joined together at Greenfield Community College to celebrate MassReconnect, the administration’s program to provide free [...]
Senator Comerford on Affirmative Action Supreme Court Decision
As Senate Chair of Higher Education, Senator Jo Comerford was asked to join a statement from the Healey/Driscoll Administration in response to today’s Supreme Court announcement regarding [...]
What you need to know about the Supreme Court decision surrounding affirmative action
On Thursday June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) are unconstitutional in violation of the Equal [...]
