Public Higher Education Network Of Massachusetts

PHENOM continued to build public support for better funded, more affordable and more accessible public higher education on and around public campuses across the state. This involved lectures, presentations to classes, meetings with campus and community organizations, letter-writing campaigns.

Throughout the year, PHENOM focused public attention on the student debt crisis and the need to alleviate the financial and macroeconomic burdens of student loan debt. This involved promoting and producing research, dissemination of data and other collected information, holding discussions with public higher education students, organizing students to share their stories, and developing relationships with other organizations in Massachusetts using traditional media and social media.

PHENOM organized and hosted monthly information meetings at the State House for advocates of public higher education. At these meetings, groups representing college administrations, faculty and staff, students, and others shared information, developed common perspectives around issues affecting the respective constituencies, and coordinated public relations strategies.