Despite a broad potential scope, “MassReconnect” program is expected to start out small, helping around 8,000 students in its first year. But Healey presented it as part of her administration’s broader reinvestment in public higher education, after years of flat or declining state support.
Mass is just doing so many things right compared to most other states. Still a long way to go to European standards, but it’s a step in the right direction.