Getting Question 1 Right: Investment Options for Equity in Public Higher Education

Since voters approved Question 1 in November 2022, several proposals to invest the surtax revenue in higher education have been presented. Legislators tasked with quickly allocating the proceeds from the read more

Topic(s): Education

New Data Shows Early College is Delivering as Promised for Massachusetts

Ben Forman and Simone Ngongi-Lukula

Massachusetts’ Early College initiative is quietly establishing a new standard for rigorously evaluating a strategic effort that aspires to increase educational outcomes for students across the state. This research brief read more

Topic(s): Education

Building Stronger Community College Transfer Pathways

Evidence from Massachusetts

Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, John P. Papay, Ann Mantil, Preeya P. Mbekeani and Aubrey McDonough

Produced by the research–practice partnership, Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts, this study explores transfer patterns for 10 cohorts of students entering community colleges soon after high school. The findings provide evidence read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security

Empowering Cities to Accelerate Equitable Growth

A State Policy Blueprint for Inclusive Municipal Contracting

Ben Forman, Angelia Heimsoth, Priya Lane, Miles Roper and Oren Sellstrom

Prepared in partnership with Lawyers for Civil Rights, this study surveys the landscape for inclusive municipal procurement in Massachusetts. The analysis reveals large racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting and read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Economic Development, Gateway Cities

Connecting Communities through Digital Equity

An Action Plan for State, Community, and Private and Institutional Partners

Ben Forman and April Anderson

The COVID-19 pandemic brought much-needed attention to the digital divide and its profound implications for social and economic opportunity in our commonwealth. Across a range of sectors, public and private, read more

Topic(s): Education

Sizing Up Massachusetts’ Looming Skilled-Worker Shortage

Ben Forman and Simone Ngongi-Lukula

In an extensive 2014 report with the UMass Donahue Institute, MassINC predicted the 2020’s would be the first decade in Massachusetts history to post a reduction in the state’s working-age, read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security

Investing in Success

Findings From a Cost–Benefit Analysis of Massachusetts Community Colleges

Ben Forman and Simone Ngongi-Lukula

Building on 2021 MassINC research, this new report provides a rigorous and comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of Massachusetts community colleges. The findings document large returns to students who graduate with certificates read more

Topic(s): Education

Choosing Integration

A Discussion Paper and Policy Primer

economic segregation, school integration

Ben Forman and Simone Ngongi-Lukula

Choosing Integration describes how economic segregation leads to high levels of racial and ethnic inequality in Massachusetts and contrasts this serious structural issue with the significant benefits that all students read more

Topic(s): Education

Pathways to Economic Mobility

Identifying the Labor Market Value of Community College in Massachusetts

Ben Forman

New research shows that simply attending community college increases employment rates, while a certificate or degree sparks increases in employment and earnings – including an increase of as much as $14,000 annually in salary in some fields. read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security

From Transactional to Transformative: The Case for Equity in Gateway City Transit-Oriented Development

Tracy A. Corley, PhD, Ben Forman, Elizabeth Haney and Catherine Tumber

Transformative Transit-Oriented Development recognizes that equity is the key to transforming cities and towns in Massachusetts, and the country. In Massachusetts, a decades long economic boom has not always reached read more

Topic(s): Strong Communities, Economic Development, Transportation, Gateway Cities, Transformative Transit-Oriented Development

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Evidence from Massachusetts

A State Policy Blueprint for Inclusive Municipal Contracting

An Action Plan for State, Community, and Private and Institutional Partners

Findings From a Cost–Benefit Analysis of Massachusetts Community Colleges

A Discussion Paper and Policy Primer

Identifying the Labor Market Value of Community College in Massachusetts

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