Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2014

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Higher Education


Programs targeted to provide advanced instruction, research, and career preparedness to individuals who have completed secondary education.


Program

Description
Community Colleges For the purpose of providing unrestricted funding to the community colleges of the Commonwealth to support their operations.
Higher Education Performance Management For the purpose of establishing a robust and meaningful performance-based process for funding and managing the public higher education system in the Commonwealth.
Higher Education Scholarship and Financial Aid For the purpose of making public and private higher education more affordable through the provision of financial assistance to qualified recipients. Qualifications may include income level, foster care status or specific fields of study.
Higher Education Workforce Development and Targeted Training Programs For the purpose of enhancing the capacity of public higher education, especially community colleges, to provide educational experiences that connect directly to the job opportunities available within a given region of the Commonwealth.
Other Higher Education Subsidies and Supports For the purpose of providing specific subsidies and matching grants for special institutions and programs, such as Tufts Veterinary School, and dues for certain higher education organizations to which the state belongs.
State Universities For the purpose of providing unrestricted funding to the state universities of the Commonwealth to support their operations.
University of Massachusetts For the purpose of providing unrestricted funding to the University of Massachusetts to support its operations, and for specific initiatives on the five campuses of the unified system.

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