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,

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $2.5 billion borrowing bill Tuesday that would dump cash into Massachusetts’ public higher education system to update aging infrastructure that the first-term Democrat argued has suffered from years of neglect.

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 Maura Healey administration announced a bill on Tuesday that aims to modernize public higher education in Massachusetts. She made the announcement in Bridgewater at the campus of Bridgewater State University.

Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll will be making a major announcement related to funding for higher education in the state.