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BOSTON – Representative Michael S. Day worked with his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget. Funded at $58 billion, the House’s

The free tuition program has brought more than 5,000 new students to Massachusetts 15 community colleges. For many, the increase is exciting. But it's also straining some schools' short-staffed financial aid and enrollment offices.

The governor announced that $62 million in new program funding included in the fiscal year 2024 budget she signed this summer will go toward expanding the MASSGrant Plus program.

A third of all UMass students will qualify for free tuition paid for by the new income surtax on the state's highest earners, under a plan the Healey administration rolled out Wednesday to spend an expansion of state financial aid.

A third of all UMass students will qualify for free tuition paid for by the new income surtax on the state’s highest earners, under a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/big-college-aid-expansion-will-lift-25000-students/">Read More</a>

A third of all UMass students will qualify for free tuition paid for by the new income surtax on the state's highest earners, under a plan the Healey administration rolled out Wednesday to spend an expansion of state financial aid.

The $62 million in new program funding will go toward expanding the MASSGrant Plus program, which will benefit approximately 25,000 students attending the state's community colleges, state universities and the University of Massachusetts.

Students whose families earn between $73,000 to $100,000 annually in adjusted gross income will have their costs for tuition and mandatory instructional fees reduced by up to half of out-of-pocket

BOSTON — As the House and Senate prepare for budget negotiations to get underway in a few weeks, a coalition advocating for “debt-free” public higher education is making a final push for historic investments into the sector with the advent of newly...

BOSTON — As the House and Senate prepare for budget negotiations to get underway in a few weeks, a coalition advocating for “debt-free” public higher education is making a final push for historic investments into the sector with the advent of newly...