Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is touting a multi-billion investment plan targeting higher education. On the heels of her State of the Commonwealth address and ahead of her $62 billion budget proposal, Healey unveiled a plan to invest at least $2.5 billion into the state’s public universities and colleges, including its community colleges.

The bill is the largest proposed investment in state universities including the UMass system and community colleges in decades. The post Healey commits $2.5 billion to modernizing Massachusetts’ public higher education campuses appeared first on Boston.

Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle of the 2030s. The governor outlined her new plans after touring the Cyber Range at Bridgewater State University,