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MassachusettsDepartmentofHigherEducation skiptocontent Meetings&EventsApr25 StudentAdvisoryCouncilMeetingandElectionsApr30 BoardofHigherEducationMeetingMay2 PresidentialInterview:Candidate#4forPresidentofFitchburgStateUniversity FullCalendar> Info&ToolsForCollege&UniversityAdministration | Students&Families | CampuMassachusetts Department of Higher EducationsFaculty&Staff(HR) About TheDHE Commissioner Commissioner'sRemarks TheBoard BoardMembers StudentAdvisoryCouncil TaskForceonNurseEducation ThePublicSystem What'sNew News&Announcements EmailNewsletters NewsReleases RequestsforProposals Jobs ContactUs BoardBusinessLawsandRegulationsPublicNoticesBHEAuthorityBudgetProcessUpcomingMeetings PastMeetingMaterials PastMeetingMinutes Policy&ReportLibrary DataCenter StrategicInitiatives FinancialAid OfficeofStudentFinancialAssistanceInfo&ToolsforStudentsInfo&ToolsforSchoolsStateFinancialAidProgramsMASSAidContactOSFA MassTransferInfo&ToolsFor:College&UniversityAdministration | Students&Families | CampusFaculty&Staff(HR) About TheDHE TheBoard Commissioner BoardMembers StudentAdvisoryCouncil ThePublicSystem What'sNew RequestsforProposals Jobs ContactUs BoardBusiness LawsandRegulationsPublicNoticesBHEAuthorityBudgetProcessUpcomingMeetingsPastMeetingMaterialsPolicy&ReportLibrary DataCenterStrategicInitiatives FinancialAid MassTransferourdatainsightsPerformanceMeasurementReportingSystemPerformanceMeasurementReportingSystemAnewdatatooltopromptconstructiveconversationsaboutperformanceandaccountabilitybetweenandamongDHE,ourpubliccollegesanduniversities,legislatorsandothers,andtocontributetothediscoveryofinsightsthatpointtoactionsthatleadtoresults.ExploretheDataourpolicyworkStrategicInitiativesandProgramsStrategicInitiativesandProgramsOurportfolioofprojectsandprogramsdesignedtotransformMassachusetts’highereducationlandscapeanddeliverbenefitsforourstakeholders.DiscoverourInitiativesournextmoveANewVision:EquityANewVision:EquityCollaborationandresearchisunderwaytoproduceanewsystemwidestrategicplan,launchingin2020,thatplacesequityforunderrepresentedpopulationsasthetopperformanceandpolicypriorityforMassachusettspublichighereducation.LearnMoreQuickLinks TuitionEquityMassReconnectPublicNoticesofFinancialAssessment InstitutionalTransitions&ClosuresMassTransferSARADataCenterMeetings&EventsApr25 StudentAdvisoryCouncilMeetingandElectionsApr30 BoardofHigherEducationMeetingMay2 PresidentialInterview:Candidate#4forPresidentofFitchburgStateUniversity FullCalendar What’sNew Healey-DriscollAdministrMassachusetts Department of Higher EducationationExtendsStateFinancialAidPriorityDeadlinetoJuly1 BOSTON—InalignmentwiththeBiden-HarrisAdministration’scalltosupportstudentsincompletingtheirFreeApplicationforFederalStudentAid(FAFSA),theHealey-DriscollAdministrationannouncedtodaythattheDepartmentofHigherEducation(DHE)hasmovedtheprioritydeadlineforitslargeststatefinancialaidprogram,MASSGrant,fromMay1toJuly1,2024.ThislaterdeadlinegivesMassachusettsstudentsmoretimetocompletetheirFAFSAforthe2024-2025academicyear. More> ViewPressRelease> Healey-DriscollAdministrationAdvancesTuitionEquitywithReleaseofStateFinancialAidForm BOSTON—Today,theHealey-DriscollAdministrationtookasignificantstepforwardinexpandingaccesstohighereducationforallMassachusettsresidentsbylaunchingthenewMassachusettsApplicationforStateFinancialAid(MASFA).TheDepartmentofHigherEducationreleasedtheformontheirwebsitetoday,whichwillallowcurrently-enrolledundocumentedcollegestudentsinMassachusettstoapplyforstateneed-basedfinancialaidforthefirsttime.Studentscanaccesstheapplicationatmass.edu/MASFA. More> ViewPressRelease> PreliminaryDataShowFirstReboundinUndergraduateEnrollmentinNearlyaDecade Afternineyearsofundergraduateenrollmentdeclines,firstbroughtonbyanticipatedpopulationanddemographicchangesinthestateandthenexacerbatedbythecoroniruspandemicin2020,theMassachusettspublichighereducationsystemisseeingitsfirstenrollmentincreasethisfall,withmostofthegrowthattributedtothecommunitycollegesand,acrosssegments,tofirst-timestudents. More> ViewtheDataStory> ViewPressRelease> MASSGrantPlusExpansion OnNovember15,2023,GovernorMauraHealeyannouncedMASSGrantPlusExpansion,anewfinancialaidprogramforstudentsattendingMassachusetts’publiccolleges,universities,andtheUniversityofMassachusetts.MASSGrantPlusExpansionincreasesailablefundstocurrentbeneficiariesoftheMASSGrantPlusprogramandoffersfinancialaidtostudentswhocurrentlydonotqualifyforMASSGrantPlus. More> ClickheretoLearnMore> We’reMoving! BothofDHE’sofficesarecurrentlyintransition.ThemainBostonofficeisbeingrenovateduntilapproximatelyJanuary2025,soin-personoperationsaretakingplaceinanearbyofficespacethatcanbevisitedbyappointmentonly.TheOfficeofStudentFinancialAssistance(OSFA),formerlylocatedinMalden,iscurrentlyoperatingremotelyuntilitspermanantmovetoEverettiscompleteinJanuary2024. More> CelebratingTuitionEquityforMassachusettsStudents Massachusettshasnowexpandedeligibilityforin-statetuitiontostudentswhoheattendedMassachusettshighschoolsforatleastthreeyearsandearnedaMassachusettsdiploma,anexpansionwhichwillensurethatmanynon-U.S.citizens,areabletoaccessin-statetuitionandfinancialaidratesatpublichighereducationinstitutionsintheCommonwealth. More> ClickheretoLearnMore> MakeyourDreamofHigherEducationaRealitywithMassReconnect Ifthissoundslikeyou,orsomeoneyouknow,you’renotalone.AlmosttwomillionMassachusettsresidentsareovertheeof25anddonotheahighereducationcredential. More> ClickheretoLearnMore> GovernorHealeyandAttorneyGeneralCampbellIssuesJointGuidancetoAffirmandStrengthenEquityEffortsinHigherEducation,K-12Schools BOSTON—InthewakeoftheSupremeCourt’sdecisiononaffirmativeactioninhighereducation,GovernorMauraT.HealeyandAttorneyGeneralAndreaJoyCampbellheissuedjointguidancetosupporttheCommonwealth’shighereducationandK-12institutionsintheirworktofurtherequalaccessandrepresentationinpost-secondaryeducationinthewakeoftheU.S.SupremeCourt’sdecisiononrace-consciousadmissions.CampbellandGovernorHealeyannouncedthenewguidanceearliertodaywhenspeakingtoK-12andhighereducationleadersandschooladmissionsandcounselingstaffatastatewideconveningatUMassBoston. More> ViewPressRelease> Healey-DriscollAdministrationLaunchesEducation-to-CareerResearchandDataHub BOSTON—TheHealey-DriscollAdministrationtodayannouncedthelaunchofanewonlineEducation-to-Career(E2C)ResearchandDataHubtoexpandpublicaccesstoeducationdatasetsanddashboards,providingacomprehensivelookatstudentsacrossearlyeducationandcare,elementaryandsecondaryschool,highereducation,andtheworkforce.TheE2CHubwillservestudentsandfamilies,eduMassachusetts Department of Higher Educationcators,policymakers,andresearchersbymakingeducationandwedataeasiertofind,use,andunderstand,andbygivingschoolsdataonstudentacademicsuccessandworkforceoutcomesaftergraduation. 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