Fund Our Future aimed at passing legislation to increase state ed funding
Learn more about The Cherish Act which would correct years of underfunding of our public colleges and universities.
Higher Education
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.
"People don’t understand what a difference it makes to have a say in salaries, benefits and policies."
UMass Lowell Professor Sue Kim
Coverage of Higher Education Issues
- Reduction in state funding for Mass. public colleges has increased tuition costs and student loan debt, study finds
masslive.com, Feb. 21, 2019
State House News Service, May 31, 2018
- No wonder colleges look to out-of-state students
Boston Globe, May 31, 2018
- Debt load rises for public higher ed students
MTA Today, May 21, 2018
- Students and families need real investment in public colleges (Guest viewpoint)
Mass Live, April 23, 2018
- Degrees of difficulty in Mount Ida deal
Boston Globe, April 21, 2018
- Unions rally over contracts
Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 11, 2018
- As Costs Climb At Public Colleges, State Leaders Weigh Fixes — But Students Demand More
WBUR, March 5, 2018
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Can Massachusetts support four public universities?
The Hechinger Report, July 10, 2017
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Adjunct faculty call for pay equality
Bay State Banner, July 5, 2017
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Students don't deserve underpaid, overworked professors
WBUR, Zac Bears, June 30, 2017
- Adjuncts seek better pay, benefits through legislation
The Boston Globe, June 29, 2017
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Adjunct faculty members want wage increases, job security
WWLP-22 News, June 29, 2017