Members of #UUP are asking for $41M in direct aid to 4 distressed campuses facing potential closure. W/out this earmark, SUNY can play favorites to the detriment of NY #PublicHigherEd.

Consider this contrast: one HOUR of the #TrumpRegime's #WarOnIran is costing taxpayers $41M.
@uupinfo.bsky.social

LaGuardia Community College Hosts CUNY Queens Legislative Breakfast - LaGuardia Community College LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (February 4, 2026) — LaGuardia Community College/CUNY welcomed city and state elected officials, administrators from the City University

LaGuardia was honored to host the @cuny.edu Queens Legislative Breakfast and welcome city & state leaders to campus 🤝. Conversations focused on collaboration, shared priorities, and expanding opportunities for #QueensNY.

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#CommunityEngagement #PublicHigherEd

Healy releases 'Go Higher' report saying Massachusetts public colleges boost earnings and economic mobility Governor Healy and state higher-education leaders released the "Go Higher" report, which they said shows graduates of Massachusetts public colleges and universities earn materially more than non-graduates and that recent affordability measures have increased enrollment and access statewide.

Governor Healy's new report reveals that graduates of Massachusetts public colleges earn significantly more, with some seeing a $30,000 boost just five years after graduation!

Learn more here

#MA #CitizenPortal #EconomicMobility #PublicHigherEd #EducationAccess

House Advances $3.275 Billion BRIGHT Act to Revitalize Public Higher Education The Massachusetts House passed House Bill 4750, the BRIGHT Act, sending it to be engrossed after approving a consolidated amendment. The bill authorizes $3.275 billion in special-obligation bonds to fund campus repairs, decarbonization, lab modernization and other projects, with allocations for UMass, state universities and community colleges.

Massachusetts is set to invest a staggering $3.275 billion in public higher education, launching a historic initiative to revitalize campuses and create thousands of jobs!

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#MA #InfrastructureInvestment #CitizenPortal #PublicHigherEd #EquityAccessibility

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I've been working for the last couple of years on a new degree program at the college where I work, BA in Data Analytics. It required becoming familiar with the state Department of Education bureaucracy. But it finally paid off as the state just approved the new degree so we can begin enrolling […]

My cat, a brown and grey tortie, sits on my laptop blocking the camera during my online meeting to protest the lack of dinner service.

This is what happens when you schedule your online office hour during your cat's (expected) dinner time. #CatsOfMastodon #PublicHigherEd #ZoomProblems

The chancellor of the City University of New York admitted, in testimony before the House committee on Education & Workforce, that he fired four of my colleagues for their extramural political speech. This is unacceptable. #USPol #PublicHigherEd #EndNewMcCarthyism #RestoreTheFiredFour #CUNY #PSC

#CityCollege #ImmigrantEducation #PublicHigherEd #JewishHistory #ArgumentCulture #WorkingClassVoices #NYCHigherEd #VivianGornick #EducationAndClass #UrbanEducation

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I have the world's best research assistant working with me on my research now, thanks to a couple of small grants. She is a computer science major and sociology minor, and she is the smartest undergraduate student I have ever taught. Absolutely amazing!
#ComputationalSocialPsychology […]

Can a College Town Survive the Closure of Its College? For communities surrounding small institutions, the losses are more than economic.

Campus closures bring home how important campuses are to their local regions. #PublicGood #HigherEd #PublicHigherEd #TownGown
www.chronicle.com/article/when...

My mater's alma mater. Sad times for #publicHigherEd everywhere. https://t.co/zY5DkFaxbm