UMass System

President Marty Meehan says the increase will likely be around 2.5%.

The Senate version of the state budget includes more funding for public education.

State employees at UMass make top salaries, but do they earn it?

The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees has voted to raise tuition and the mandatory curriculum fee by up to 5 percent for in-state undergraduates _ the first in three years. Students would pay an additional $552 to $580, depending on which of the system's five campuses they attend...

The University of Massachusetts' endowment has grown to record high $757 million after fundraising efforts exceeded expectations during the latest fiscal year. President Robert Caret announced Wednesday that the five-campus system raised almost $117 million in gifts and pledges during the 2014 fiscal year, a 12 percent increase over the previous year and about $12 million more than the goal... Rea

A University of Massachusetts panel has approved a freeze on tuition and mandatory fees for in-state undergraduate students for the 2014-15 academic year. The unanimous vote Wednesday by the UMass Board of Trustees' finance committee likely paves the way for a second consecutive year without tuition increases for most undergrads at the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses...

  The president of the University of Massachusetts system has announced that he plans to ask for $519 million in state funding for fiscal year that starts in July.       President Robert Caret said Wednesday the request is $40 million higher than last year and would advance the system's quest for student-state funding parity while allowing for tuition and mandatory fees for in-state undergraduate