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Governor Healey and Mayor Wu expand free community college tuition programs in Massachusetts

Matthew Eadie April 6, 2023
Governor Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu are expanding efforts to provide free community college tuition to underserved communities across Massachusetts.

Walsh challenges proposed Title IX changes

Joel Lau January 23, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced he would publicly challenge U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ proposed changes to Title IX.
Students at Boston community colleges, like Bunker Hill Community College, will benefit from the GRAD Last Mile Fund, launched by Mayor Martin Walsh. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Last Mile’ fund to support Boston students in final year of public college education

Jennifer Suryadjaja October 25, 2018
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced the launch of the GRAD Last Mile Fund Friday, a scholarship program designed to help Boston students complete their higher education and obtain college degrees.
A young girl chants on her father's shoulders at the Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders on Jan. 29 in Copley Square. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Black, Latino immigrants in Massachusetts file lawsuit to block end of TPS

Camille Mojica February 26, 2018
A group of black and Latino immigrants in Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block the termination of the Temporary Protected Status program for Salvadorans and Haitians in the United States.
Mayor Martin Walsh cuts the ribbon to new Freedom House education facility at Grove Hall Library Sept. 16. PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF BOSTON

Freedom House educational facility opens new location in Grove Hall Library

Sabrina Schnur September 19, 2017

  Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and chief operating officer Tyler Seever of Freedom House opened the nonprofit’s newest location at the Grove Hall branch of the Boston Public Library Saturday,...

Gov. Charlie Baker attends a meeting about drugs in April of 2015. Now, Baker announces the allocation of $1.25 million for higher education spending. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Baker allocates $1.25 million to higher education spending

Hannah Harn March 1, 2017

A grant from the Baker-Polito Administration has recently awarded a core group of Massachusetts state universities and community colleges a total of $1.25 million through the Department of Higher Education’s...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh plans to expand his program offering free community college tuition to eligible graduates from public schools in Boston. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA /DFP FILE PHOTO

Mayor introduces plan to expand free college tuition for some Boston students

Alana Levene November 1, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh outlined his plan to expand Boston’s citywide tuition-free community college program to other Massachusetts community colleges, while at a White House Community College...

EDIT: College Promises We Can't Keep

EDIT: College Promises We Can’t Keep

Editors January 22, 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama has big plans for the future of higher education during his last two years of presidency, and not everyone is happy about it. The proposal, called “America’s College Promise,”...

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