Higher Education

Dear Colleague,

Dear Colleague,

I hope you are having a great summer.  Two urgent issues require your attention:

1. Governor Charlie Baker has vetoed $412 million from the fiscal 2017 budget passed by the Legislature. These vetoes have serious repercussions for MTA members, including a potential increase in your health care cost share from 20% to 25% (if you are now paying 20%, your share will increase to 25%).  Other educational funding has been cut as well for non-faculty members. 

See this study by Demos on the college affordability crisis, particularly as it impacts low income and minority students.

FSU President Marlene Kim speaks to WGBH. Read the article or listen here.

UMB budget and NTT cuts reported in the Boston Globe.

Dear Colleagues,