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.
Join with public higher education faculty and staff in demanding a safe, equitable and educationally sound reopening of our public colleges and universities in the time of COVID-19.
Students are going into deep levels of debt because the state has failed to properly fund public higher education. The MTA is collecting stories that illustrate the impact of student debt as well as the serious need for increased state funding for our public colleges and universities.
Faculty, students and staff are working together for change on campus and beyond.
Pressure is mounting on administrators in our public higher education system to rescind their plans to cut staff and programs....
Read moreThe Massachusetts Teachers Association is condemning the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees and President Marty Meehan for passing a...
Read moreA bill providing grants to essential workers so they can attend public colleges and universities will benefit not only students...
Read moreProtesters from UMass Amherst and UMass Boston held rallies and noisy car caravans today to oppose budget cuts and layoffs...
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