BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts spent more on student financial aid this academic year than ever before, thanks in part to the Legislature's recent approval of supplemental funding for the university system.
UMass increased the amount it provides in student financial aid by $20 million this year, the university said, bringing the total to a record $255 million. Financial aid from all sources also reached a high point for the system at $835.5 million.
BOSTON – This year's presidential campaign could be called the race that launched a thousand opinions, most of them about the meteoric and perplexing rise of Donald Trump.
Writing in the American Spectator, the Cato Institute's Doug Bandow throws in his 2 cents worth, arguing that excessive regulation has hurt the American economy and angered blue-collar workers, prompting their support of The Donald and his inveighing against foreign trade and immigrant workers.
