Barnes explained how she had to work a second job as a bartender for the first 11 years of her career, just to make ends meet. “We have failed job candidate searches at all 15 (of the community college) campuses,” said Barnes, an instructor at Cape Cod Community College. “We did it before and we can do it again,” he told legislators and public higher education supporters attending the event.Ĭlaudine Barnes, president of the Massachusetts Community College Council, described how low pay has eroded the ability of public colleges and universities to hire faculty and staff. Page, a second-generation professor at UMass Amherst, recalled how up until the 1980s, students from working families could attend the university debt-free and receive a world-class education. Crushing student debt, the exploitation of adjunct faculty, the elimination of student support services, and a shift of capital costs from the state to individual campuses – and ultimately to students – have undermined the public good of public higher education, Page said.
University campuses and include faculty and staff when assessing campus needsĪccording to MTA President Max Page, the Fair Share Amendment approved by voters in November and its introduction of progressive taxes on the very wealthy to pay for public education and transportation projects makes it possible to undo the many harms that austerity budgeting has created in public higher education over the past 40 years. Return to the historic model of public funding for public buildings on college and.Recruitment and retention of high-quality and experienced faculty and staff – and make it possible for them to meet the needs of their students, particularly those.Expansion of existing programs that support student success and address staffing shortages.A debt-free college plan that covers not just tuition and fees but also living.Weingarten: The Right to RepresentationĪffordable high-quality public higher education for all.
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