PHENOM Partners & Allies

PHENOM works in partnership with numerous other organizations committed to affordable, accessible, high quality public higher education.  You can learn more about some of them by following these links:

• Crittenton Women's Union (CWU)   http://www.liveworkthrive.org
• Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Association (MIRA)  http://www.miracoalition.org
• Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG)  http:// www.masspirg.org
• Massachusetts Students Uniting (MSU)  http://www.massstudentsuniting.org
• One Massachusetts            http://onema.org/
• Student Immigrant Movement (SIM)   http://www.simforus.com/

            State Public Higher Education Resources

• Board of Higher Education            http://www.mass.edu/aboutus/boardmembers.asp
• Department of Higher Education            http://www.mass.edu/
• Legislative Caucus on Public Higher Education   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Legislative Joint Committee on Higher Education            http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/j29.htm
• Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association (MEOA)            http://www.meoaonline.org/trio_programs.php?text_only=false
• Office of Student Financial Assistance            http://www.osfa.mass.edu/
• Public Higher Education Campuses     http://www.mass.edu/campuses/phecampuses.asp
• TRIO Program: Educational Opportunity for Low-Income and Disabled Americans            http://www.meoaonline.org/about_trio.php?text_only=false

Other State Government Sites

• Massachusetts Legislature                        http://www.mass.gov/legis/
• Who are your elected officials            www.wheredoivotema.com

            National Public Higher Education Resources

• Federal Student Aid            http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
• National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education            http://www.highereducation.org/
• Other Federal Grants            http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html
• US Department of Education            http://www.ed.gov/
• US House Committee on Education & Labor            http://edlabor.house.gov/
• US House Sub Committee on Higher Education             http://edlabor.house.gov/education/higher-education/
• US Senate Committee on Health, Labor, Education & Pension (HELP)            http://help.senate.gov/

Public Higher Education Unions

• AFSCME Local 1067, State and Community Colleges   http://www.afscme1067.org/
• AFSCME Local 1776, UMass Amherst            http://www.umass.edu/local1776/
• Faculty Federation/AFT, UMass Dartmouth            http://www.umassd.edu/ffo/
• Faculty Staff Union (FSU), UMass Boston            http://www.fsu.umb.edu/
• Graduate Employees Organization, UMass Amherst               http://www.geouaw.org/  
• Massachusetts Community College Council             http://mccc-union.org/
• Massachusetts Society of Professors, UMass Amherst            http://umassmsp.org/
• Massachusetts Society of Professors, UMass Lowell               http://faculty.uml.edu/msp/
• Massachusetts State College Association            http://www.mscaunion.org/
• Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)                        http://www.massteacher.org
• National Education Association (NEA)/Higher Education            http://www.highereducation.org/
• Professional Staff Union, UMass Amherst            http://www.umass.edu/psumta/
• Professional Staff Union, UMass Boston            http://psu-umb.massteacher.org/

            Student Organizations

• Student Advisory Council to Board of Higher Education    http://www.doe.mass.edu/sac/     
• Student Labor Action Project                        http://www.jwj.org/projects/slap.html
• United States Student Association                        www.usstudents.org/
• United States Students Against Sweatshops              http://usas.org/

            Tax and Policy Resources

• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities            http://www.cbpp.org/
• Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center            http://www.massbudget.org/