Dive Brief:

• The University of Massachusetts system will be able to freeze its tuition and fees for the second year in a row, but other public universities and colleges in the commonwealth will likely have to hike prices and cut staff and programming.
• UMass asked for a state funding increase of $40 million; the nine other public universities in Massachusetts sought a $20 million increase and the 15 community colleges asked for a $15 million bump, the Boston Globe reported.
• While UMass will likely receive its full request, the community colleges and other state universities are each likely to get $7 million less than their requested amounts.

Dive Insight:

State universities and colleges in the “other-than-UMass” category will see their student bills rise by as much as several hundred dollars. Campus presidents are upset, arguing that the other-than-UMass schools draw larger numbers of in-state students and poorer students. Those schools also don’t have the revenue sources available to UMass through research and alumni, the Globe reports.