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.
Not perfect but a step in the right direction.
Waiting for California to actually follow suit. UC and CSU were free to residents until things changed under Reagan (Governor, before he was President).