Higher Education

"There’s a lack of understanding about how little of our money comes from government. We are educators, so we need to be educating people about the dire situations on our campuses.”
Katie Riel
MassArt Librarian

"There’s a lack of understanding about how little of our money comes from government. We are educators, so we need to be educating people about the dire situations on our campuses.”
Katie Riel
MassArt Librarian

Katie Riel, a librarian at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a member of the MSCA, on the need to pass the Cherish Act.

The MTA represents approximately 18,000 higher education members. They work on the Amherst, Boston and Lowell campuses of the University of Massachusetts system, at nine state universities, and at 15 community colleges. Members include faculty, part-time and continuing education faculty, administrators, librarians and support staff.

Effort to increase higher education funding

Learn more about the Cherish Act, which would correct years of underfunding of our public colleges and universities.

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Campus funding
in governor's budget

Coverage of Higher Education Issues