Sen. escort nanjing Robert O'Leary
represents the Cape and Islands, attended the session and observed that "public higher education has not been a high priority in the Legislature," but that Gov. Patrick can change that. "What we need is leadership from the governor's office." Read the rest of this Standard-Times story here. Leave a comment
State higher-education chiefs meet in historic first BRIDGEWATER — His master plan for public higher education is still six weeks from being unveiled, but Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday gathered all the heads of colleges and universities to let them know that if they work together, he will go to bat for them in the Legislature because they represent the state's future. It was a predictable promise, perhaps, but the meeting itself was extraordinary: No one in the room in Bridgewater State College's Maxwell Library could recall a previous governor convening a summit meeting of this kind....
Adm. Richard Gurnon, president of Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Bourne), said "for decades the colleges have been fighting over scraps" when they ought to have a unified voice speaking through a point person in the administration, "a roomwide advocate for public education."
(UMass Dartmouth Chancellor escort in nanjing Jean F.) Dr. MacCormack said that not only was it the first time a governor has convened a meeting of the whole higher education system in this way, it also was unusual for presidents and chancellors from the entire state to get together, with or without the governor. "I think we'll be doing more of this," she said later, observing that in Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, regional meetings have been held regularly.
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