Massachusetts state universities, community colleges sound funding alarm - Matt Rocheleau, Boston Globe

The state budget approved by legislators today will give the University of Massachusetts system enough funding to freeze tuition and fees for a second straight year, but leaders of the state’s nine other public universities and 15 community colleges said their funding allocation is likely to mean higher prices and cuts to programming and staff. UMass asked legislators for a funding increase of $40 million; community colleges sought a $20 million boost, and state universities requested an additional $15 million. UMass is poised to receive what it has requested and its trustee board has already voted to freeze tuition and fees next year. But the community colleges and state universities are each in line to get about $7 million less than what they asked for. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/30/state-universities-community-colleges-sound-alarm-funding/NC2Qg7io40EhKxRJJ2ZLfP/story.html