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Quinn Testifies Before Senate
Quinn Testifies Before Senate
Quinn Testifies Before Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council is appealing to the U.S. Senate to allow for more flexibility under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The act serves as the governing standard for fisheries across the country...
UMass Tuition Rising for Upcoming Academic Year
UMass Tuition Rising for Upcoming Academic Year
UMass Tuition Rising for Upcoming Academic Year
WORCESTER, MA — University of Massachusetts undergraduates will pay an average of $416 more for in-state tuition in the fall. The five-campus system's trustees Monday approved a roughly 3 percent increase that will bump the average in-state undergraduate tuition at the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses to $14,253 for the 2017-18 academic year...
Stop UMD Tuition Hikes
Stop UMD Tuition Hikes
Stop UMD Tuition Hikes
The UMASS Board of Trustees is expected to announce tuition and fee increases today for the Fall semester. Trustees are gathering in Worcester and are expected to vote to increase tuition and fees by 2 to 3 percent for students at the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses...
Free Ain't Free
Free Ain't Free
Free Ain't Free
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering several bills that would make part or all of college education free or debt-free for a segment of the population. When will these do-gooders learn that nothing is free? Someone has to pay for it. Should one of these plans become law would the instructors agree to work for free...
Former UMass Student Sentenced
Former UMass Student Sentenced
Former UMass Student Sentenced
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) _ A former University of Massachusetts graduate student convicted of involuntary manslaughter for providing the heroin that led to the overdose death of an undergraduate working as an informant for campus police has been sentenced to serve a year in jail...
Restructuring Planned at UMass Dartmouth
Restructuring Planned at UMass Dartmouth
Restructuring Planned at UMass Dartmouth
Following a year of dialogue among faculty, students and administrators, the UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts is restructuring to streamline administration and create more flexibility for students. The proposal, which reduces the number of academic departments within the college from six to three without eliminating any course offerings, was recently endorsed by CVPA faculty o
UMass Law Symposium to Focus on Immigration, Sanctuary Cities
UMass Law Symposium to Focus on Immigration, Sanctuary Cities
UMass Law Symposium to Focus on Immigration, Sanctuary Cities
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone have had some interesting comments about each other this week, as the two come down on opposite sides of the sanctuary city debate. This coming Thursday, the two will have the chance to discuss it face-to-face in Dartmouth...
UMD, BCC Tuition Hikes Likely
UMD, BCC Tuition Hikes Likely
UMD, BCC Tuition Hikes Likely
Students of public higher education, already reeling from tuition and fee increases this year, can expect more of the same this Fall. As the Baker Administration and state lawmakers prepare to grapple with a budget for the fiscal year that begins July1st, one thing appears likely, the cost of attending UMASS Dartmouth and Bristol Community College is going up again...

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