Maura Healey signed a nearly $58 billion budget bill into law this week, and one of the key policy changes it contains is providing free community college in Massachusetts. "Last year, we created ...

Professors say Massachusetts' salaries are behind its peer states and others nearby. The post As free college drives up ...

After universal free community college was announced, people were excited. But concerns about funding and staffing, among ...

The Hildreth Institute said MassReconnect largely accounted for a 12% year-over-year enrollment increase in students ages 25 ...

Housing and meals are excluded. After the announcement of free community college, the University of Massachusetts schools will also offer free tuition and fee support for in-state undergraduates ...

The announcement comes shortly after Massachusetts made community college free for all state residents this fall, with a $117.5 million investment in the fiscal 2025 state budget. That followed ...

Maura Healey signed a state budget deal this summer including a plan for free community college. “Here in Massachusetts, we pride ourselves on being leaders in education — not only because we ...

Massachusetts’ universally free community college program has succeeded in one important goal: it boosted the schools’ enrollment. Following years of declines, the number of students at ...

The initiative, dubbed Beacon Pledge at the Boston school, comes as more and more four-year institutions seek ways to compete with free community college options, which have grown in popularity in ...