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Meehan refutes report critical of UMass aid policies

BOSTON — Bristling at a report that the University of Massachusetts sent more merit scholarship dollars to out-of-state students, university officials on Wednesday said no taxpayer money goes to out-of-state students and encouraged analysis of the positive tuition impacts involved with recruiting out-of-state students. The Boston Globe on Sunday reported UMass

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Mass. Senate ready to make case for higher education funding increases

STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate is poised in the coming weeks to press the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to make larger investments in public higher education. The fiscal 2017 budget proposal (S 4) marked for released Tuesday by the Senate Ways and Means Committee will call for a $13

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Tuition frozen for 2016-17 at state universities, colleges

BOSTON – Tuition costs at state universities and community colleges won't change in the next academic year, state policy makers decided Tuesday, but students could still face higher fees and other expenses once those rates are set this spring on local campuses. The decision doesn't affect tuition