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Member Testimony

Maura Smyth, humanities professor at MassArt

"We should actually fund public higher education at rates that show that we value it, instead of the accelerating disinvestment of the last several decades." - MassArt Professor Maura Smyth told the Board of Higher Education on Feb. 10. 2026.
Submitted on: February 10, 2026
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